Representational Democracy at work
BOSTON (State House News Service) Add Senate President Stanley Rosenberg to the list of Hillary Clinton supporters in the Bay State. The leader of the Senate on Tuesday morning said the former secretary of state has reached out to him and he is backing her campaign.
I like Hillary Clinton. I am supporting her,
much to the consternation of my district. Theyre with Bernie (Sanders), of course, the Amherst Democrat said on Boston Herald Radio.
http://wwlp.com/2015/10/06/rosenberg-supporting-clinton-but-says-his-district-is-for-sanders/
When asked by hosts Hillary Chabot and Jaclyn Cashman if he had formally announced an endorsement of Clinton and when he chose to support her campaign, Rosenberg said, Oh, I dont know, I sent a check somewhere along the way.
The air of inevitability that some say surrounds Clintons campaign, Rosenberg said, is something that other people are ascribing to her and something that she is working hard to push back on.
I never consider anybody inevitable, you know, the voters ultimately will decide and theyre really quite insightful when push comes to shove, he said. I think as we get further on into the campaign people will focus more and more on the real issues because a lots hanging in the balance and things like emails and whatever whatever are going to take less and less attention.
---
I have nothing against Bernie Sanders, I think hes a terrific guy and the fact that 20,000 people showed up in Boston to hear him speak, I think is just spectacular, he said.
And though Rosenberg said he will probably go to New Hampshire to canvass for Clinton ahead of the nations first primary, he said he likes that the self-described socialist senator from Vermont is drawing attention to issues like income inequality.
I love what Bernie is saying and he is moving the conversation in the direction it needs to move in nationally because hes talking about income insecurity, hes talking about the fact that 80 percent of the people go home with a paycheck that either doesnt support their family no matter how hard theyre working or is not advancing their standard of living, Rosenberg said. There is a lot of worry in this country and Bernie Sanders is speaking to that.
He added, Well, but so is (Clinton). But she speaks it in a different way. She has a different style and a different approach.
Rosenberg joins Attorney General Maura Healey, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Joe Kennedy in endorsing the former first lady, senator and secretary of state for president.
IOW:
Never mind what my constituents who voted me into office think... I know what's best for them and they'll come around once the establishment's inevitability rule becomes clear to them.
There's even more of this almost unbelievable arrogance in the article, without any visible shred of shame. It truly makes me sad to post it.
Truly truly, sad but true.