Matthews: Hillary is pro-corporation, pro-interest group

[illinoisprogressive]

NBC political analyst Chris Matthews predicted Monday that Hillary Clinton would have trouble connecting with the Democratic Party's liberal base because of her "pro-corporation" and "pro-interest group" positions.

The New York Senator appeared with other Democratic presidential candidates this weekend at the YearlyKos convention, which drew liberal bloggers and activists to Chicago. Matthews said her contention that donations from lobbyists and interest groups did not influence her positions would be a tough one to defend.

"That's a hard argument to make," Matthews said on the Today Show Monday, "because everyone knows that lobbyists get paid to achieve results. And if the results weren't there they wouldn't get paid, so clearly lobbyists are effective. That's why they're lobbyists."

Matthews said Clinton's role as frontrunner and "establishment candidate" would cause trouble attracting support from bloggers and others on the left of the party.


http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Matthews_Hillary_procorporation_prointerest_group_0806.html

[Alexia Wheaton]

1. Then Matthews should feel right at home with Hillary.

He's quite the corporate stooge himself.

[jmp]

2. Chris "we're all neocons now" Matthews? (nm)

...

[snowbear]

3. But he keeps shoving her down his viewers throats..

Saying that "she's in, she'll be their nominee... it's in the bag"

[StClone]

5. Does Bill know?

Hillary is cheating on us all.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Holy %^#$: Is That Photo Real?

If so, it's the coolest thing I've seen this year.

[snowbear]

8. It was on the NY Observer, taken at a fundraiser of some sort...

But there are definitely others out there of her with Rupert..



God help the DU'ers that are buying into her for our nominee.

[MannyGoldstein]

10. I Am (Almost) Speechless.

Thank you for improving an otherwise-crummy day.

I wish that everybody on DU would make a copy and post it in a public place. I'm not sure that it would change any minds, but at least it would be very entertaining. Heck, maybe I'll put a few around the neighborhood tomorrow and see what happens...

[karynnj]

14. That almost doesn't look like her - it's an awful picture

[Senator]

15. Likely taken at the fundraiser last year

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12762092/

[TheFarseer]

4. hasn't hurt her so far n/t

[Captain Hilts]

7. Matthews is a spittle spewing idiot. nt

[snowbear]

11. He's a spewing idiot, but he's echoing what he heard at the KOS convention..

..which is likely true from all the reports.

Yearly Kos Has Endangered Hillary’s Nomination
by Paul Hogarth
Mon Aug 06, 2007 at 07:32:01 AM PDT


With 1,500 delegates at Yearly Kos, I only met two Hillary Clinton supporters. She is the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, and is hoping to get it by inevitability. But this doesn’t mean the blogosphere is “out of touch,” although blogger demographics clearly work against her. Hillary’s lead in the polls comes from a higher name recognition, and a strategic muddling of her position on Iraq so that progressives don’t hate her.

Hillary was the biggest loser in the Convention’s Debate, as she defended taking money from Washington lobbyists and argued that we are now “safer” than on 9/11. While Iraq never came up in her break-out session, that’s because only five people – including myself – got to ask her a question. Hillary’s response to my question about the Clinton years was the session’s “only moment of tension,” and confirmed she is a ruthless triangulator who will take progressives for granted. If Democrats realize this, she will lose the nomination.

Continued: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/6/102513/7704

[Captain Hilts]

18. Daily Kos writing about ... The Daily Kos Convention...Great source! nt

[Ethelk2044]

16. He actually was pushing her for awhile

[LiberalFighter]

9. How about the lobbyists for labor unions, environmental, credit unions, consumers, etc?

There are too many lobbyists. And they have too much money to sneak to the politicians.

There are certain groups that should be prohibited from being represented by lobbyists or anyone in Congress. Foreign entities and religious groups for example.

But lobbyists are not all bad.

[Canuckistanian]

12. Since Matthews is pro-corporation, pro-interest group himself

He should know them when he sees them.

Hey, Tweety, how was Bohemian Grove this year?

[draft_mario_cuomo]

13. Wall Street disagrees. They prefer another candidate over Hillary...

It is amusing how Obama fans continue to hammer away at HRC for being a "corporate whore"/corporate tool but sweep under the rug their guy's corporate support, which is on par with Hillary's (although he crushes her on Wall Street, the ultimate embodiment of corporate interests and the establishment).

Wall Street (this quarter)

1) Obama $739,579
2) Clinton $424,545
3) McCain $334,585
4) Giuliani $330,450
5) Romney $220,950
6) Edwards $43,404

I haven't seen the Wall Street numbers for any other candidate.

[CTLawGuy]

17. wow, Wall Street must be liberal

notice how both Hillary and Obama get more Wall Street money than any republican. Looks like maybe they are not hedging their bets after all.

You'd think they'd give a lot more money to repugs...