This Obama Endorsement Is a Sign Pro-Corporate Democrats Are Getting Nervous

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

https://theintercept.com/2016/03/29/this-obama-endorsement-is-a-sign-pro-corporate-democrats-are-getting-nervous/

This Obama Endorsement Is a Sign Pro-Corporate Democrats Are Getting Nervous

President Obama on Monday endorsed Debbie Wasserman Schultz, his handpicked Democratic National Committee chair, in her congressional race. What’s stunning about that is that Obama felt the need to endorse a six-term congresswoman running in a heavily Democratic district at all.

Tim Canova, a law professor and Federal Reserve expert, jumped into the Democratic primary in January, challenging Wasserman Schultz from the left. At that time, my Intercept colleague Glenn Greenwald interviewed Canova, revealing multiple contrasts between his opposition to bank bailouts, corporate-written free trade agreements and the Patriot Act and Wasserman Schultz’s support of those policies.

Populist primaries of entrenched incumbents don’t usually get the attention of the White House, because success for the challenger is so remote. Obama very rarely involves himself in House primaries. That he felt the need to endorse Wasserman Schultz suggests that Canova’s message is gaining traction in her district.

The endorsement comes fully five months before the primary– and days before the end-of-the-quarter deadline for Federal Election Commission reporting. While Wasserman Schultz has never needed help soliciting campaign contributions from wealthy donors, the presidential endorsement has the appearance of a vote of confidence to ensure the continued flow of money.

We welcome the hatred of the pro-corporate Democrats.

[haikugal]

1. We do indeed.

[PeaceNikki]

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[PeaceNikki]

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[greatauntoftriplets]

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[greatauntoftriplets]

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[PeaceNikki]

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[randome]

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[DanTex]

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[Kali]

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[Kali]

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[Maedhros]

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[randome]

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[zappaman]

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[randome]

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[randome]

25. Meanwhile...

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[Avalon Sparks]

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Trump won't get the mom anyway.....not enough delegates

[Babel_17]

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[Babel_17]

41. lol, thanks!

[corbettkroehler]

3. You Nailed It, Friend! n/t

[msongs]

4. so you think obama hates you because he endorses a person who supports him? nice nt

[haikugal]

10. Not everyone is shallow so please don't judge by what you may be used to.

[randome]

16. Posts with the words 'are getting nervous' or 'desperate', if printed out, could reach the Moon.

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[Blue_Adept]

26. Or, you know, politics as usual

DWS gets lots of attention because of a lot of legitimate reasons, but a lot of what people are going on in this particular instance feels like CT kind of stuff.

I mean, really, is it shocking - no matter the time - that the President endorses the person he put in charge of the DNC? It's a no-brainer. And if he waited until later in the primary to do it, it would look even worse in the eyes of some in that he's not backing his own horse.

I swear, it's like political newbies rule the day lately.

[LexVegas]

28. Keep running on this anti-Obama shit....please, please, please. nt

[w4rma]

42. Obama inserted himself into this. The vast majority of Democrats don't want him to interfere. (nt)

[riversedge]

50. Says who? And who is this 'vast majority" you claim?

[thereismore]

33. What saddens me is the fact that Obama is willing to stand alongside DWS and get dirty off her. nt

[mythology]

37. I'd welcome people who recognize that it's standard to endorse a sitting member

Of Congress when there is a primary challenger(s).

It's hard to take this article as anything other than the blind grasping at straws it is.

[w4rma]

43. No it's not. It's just a neoliberal who bailed out Wall Street protecting another pro-corporate Dem.

Obama has been great on a lot of issues, but on economics he's, frankly, sucked. The guy prioritized bailing out Wall Street and then sold out the entire Democratic Party to push his authoritarian 'free' trade agreement - i.e. corporate governance agreement.

His pro-Wall Street politics is why we are very close to a Presdient-elect Trump. We are either going to get economic populism or authoritarian populism. This kind of crap is going to backlash.

[beltanefauve]

46. This

[PowerToThePeople]

47. Fuck DINOs!

eom

[pampango]

48. Here would an even better way. (Satire) Trump Derailed by Obama’s Endorsement

Adding a new wrinkle in an already unpredictable election year, Donald Trump saw his poll numbers plummet on Monday after receiving a surprise endorsement from President Barack Obama. The long-awaited downfall of the abrasive billionaire came in startling fashion, as few had expected the President to offer a full-throated endorsement of Trump ...

Praising the Republican front-runner during a nationally televised address, the President said that, despite media reports to the contrary, Trump shared his views on such important issues as immigration and religious tolerance. “In every way that matters, Donald and I are on exactly the same page,” Obama said, pointing to a framed picture of the billionaire on his Oval Office desk.

Concluding his endorsement with an emphatic closing argument, Obama said, “If you love me, vote for Trump.”

In several G.O.P. polls taken after the President’s stunning endorsement, Trump sank from first to fifth place ... As news of the President’s endorsement spread, former Trump supporters across the nation gathered to vent their anger, with some burning signs, trucker hats, and other campaign paraphernalia at impromptu bonfires.

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-derailed-by-obamas-endorsement

[riversedge]

49. "We welcome the hatred of the pro-corporate Democrats". There is not need to be divisive and

condensing in your personal comment. Many of us have a sincere difference of opinion. Labeling it as 'hatred' is over the top.

[Peace Patriot]

51. Tell FDR not to be divisive!

This...

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