In case you missed it.

[Uncle Joe]

Within minutes of one another, the progressive activist group Democracy for America and the Communications Workers of America union both backed the senator in the race for the Democratic nomination.

DFA, which was started by backers of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential bid, has grown into a well-regarded grassroots political and issue-advocacy organization with active groups in states across the country and a track record of backing progressive candidates at the local, state and federal levels. Early in the 2016 race, the group urged Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to seek the Democratic nomination. This month, it conducted a national poll of members that concluded December 15. Sanders won 87.9 percent of the 271,527 votes cast in a contest where an endorsement could only be secured with a super-majority (66.67 percent or more) of all the votes cast. Clinton (who is backed by Howard Dean) took 10.3 percent, while 1.1. percent backed Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.

The level of support for Sanders was unprecedented. When the 11-year-old group held a similar vote on whether to endorse in the 2008 presidential race, no candidate cleared the super-majority hurdle.

“This is an historic moment for DFA, for the progressive movement, for the Democratic Party, for people-powered politics—and for Bernie supporters who relentlessly rallied over nine intense days to Get Out The Vote and win this pivotal endorsement,” explained Democracy for America’s executive director Charles Chamberlain. “Bernie Sanders is an unyielding populist progressive who decisively won Democracy for America members’ first presidential primary endorsement because of his lifelong commitment to taking on income inequality and the wealthy and powerful interests who are responsible for it.”


http://www.thenation.com/article/democracy-for-america-communications-workers-union-endorse-bernie-sanders/

A quarter of a million is quite a few votes and with 87.9% that's pretty solid.

I also heard that Planned Parenthood's political action committee endorsed Hillary, does anyone know how people are on that committee, or am I mistaken and they held a vote of their membership?

[rhett o rick]

1. The PP endorsement smells crooked to me. Does anyone have an email for them.

I support the organization but their leadership just made it political.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I've googled repeatedly but I can't find the numbers of

how many people make up Planned Parenthood's Political Action Committee.

I would also be curious as to what the vote total was.

[senz]

3. Understandably, their website doesn't list an email address.

Here is the contact page, full of phone and FAX numbers: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/contact-us

I have a fundraising snail mail somewhere in the house but doubt it contains email contacts.

However, I do believe it would be a good idea to let them know how foolish it is to alienate the GUARANTEED prochoice Bernie voters. Just foolish. They didn't need to do that.

Again, I wonder about HRC's methods of getting endorsements and cooperation. Money, power, and connections enable so much that doesn't pass the ethics test.

[Betty Karlson]

5. Vested interests? With Sanders' single-payer plan,

the need for Planned Parenthood would spectacularly decrease.

[senz]

6. Wow, hadn't thought of that.

Hopefully PP would, out of concern for poor women and their families, vigorously support Sanders' single-payer plan. Although it would be a massive, uphill fight to include abortion rights in the plan, and it might even be hard to include contraception until we get more progressive congressional representatives, which a Bernie GE candidacy might very well enable.

[Betty Karlson]

7. Flip a few seats and see what may be done.

Sanders has been polled to have the coattails to flip a lot of seats: even Louisiana could come into play.

[senz]

8. That's what I'm thinking. GO BERNIE!!

He's the only avenue to a good, fair society we have, at present. The only one.

[Uncle Joe]

9. To be honest, I hadn't thought of that either, Betty Karlson.

Peace to you.

[senz]

4. Found PP snail mailer - no email address anywhere

but a lot of emphasis on Dec. 31 deadline and full tax-deductiblity, which makes me wonder about their "endorsement" coming out after the start of the new year.