Jim Clyburn has endorsed Hillary

[DemocratSinceBirth]

PER MSNBC

[KingFlorez]

1. Good choice

His district will undoubtedly be Clinton's best district on primary night.

[MohRokTah]

2. Prepare for the nasty social media backlash.

They cannot abide civil rights icons failing to endorse the Saint.

[workinclasszero]

9. Bernie swarm incoming

[KMOD]

3. That's fantastic.

I know he had family that were split on their choices.

[livetohike]

4. That's great! Nice to have him on board. n/t

[TSIAS]

5. I respect his decision

Bill Clinton basically threw him under the bus for Hillary's terrible performance in 2008.

I'd have liked to have his endorsement, but SC is pretty much gone for Bernie Sanders already.

[Amimnoch]

36. Very respectable and reasonalbe Tsias.

Thank you.

You guys did get a good one today as well!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1265746

[jillan]

6. No surprise. I knew he would.

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Of course, he was a yes vote on DOMA and the Crime Bill. Very much in Camp Clinton.

easy to foresee that one.

[kcjohn1]

8. Good sign for Bernie

He said he was not going to endorse. Fact he did shows how the race is tightening.

[SCantiGOP]

12. Great logic, kcjohn

The state' top Dem elected official
endorsing Clinton must be a good sign for Sanders.

[TSIAS]

13. Clyburn can sleep easy now

At least he won't be getting any more nasty phone calls from former presidents in the middle of the night.

Sanders supporters might say something mean about him on Facebook, but I doubt they'll stoop to the level of President Clinton.

[kcjohn1]

15. Clinton has so many Endorsements

That whatever effect they have are already in place. Basically the whole black caucus endorsed her. Most politicians in SC back her (BTW same thing in Iowa/NH).

So this endorsoment is not a surprise. The more telling is why is Clyburn endorsing her now?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/02/09/jim-clyburn-considering-endorsing-clinton-as-harry-reid-reiterates-neutrality-pledge/

Both Reid, the Senate minority leader, and Clyburn, the No. 3 Democrat in House leadership, have previously expressed their intention to remain neutral through the Feb. 20 Nevada caucuses and Feb. 27 South Carolina primary.

If Clinton was up 20+ points in SC IMO Clyburn would not be endorsing her. This is sign of firewall breaking apart.

[wildeyed]

19. Or the opposite.

The firewall is getting even stronger. Sanders is not closing the deal, IMO.

[kcjohn1]

20. If that is the case

There would be no need for Clyburn to endorse. This guy is a party leader. Taking sides in primary is beneath those in leadership. Hell the guy didn't want to endorse in 08 despite having historic candidate in Obama.

The fact they think they need the endorsement tells you the state of the race. We will find out in a weeks time.

[wildeyed]

21. Only when they endorse

Clinton

Clinton made a HUGE speech in Harlem this week. She closed the deal. Your guy couldn't. But chin up, you got Pussy Riot!

[Skwmom]

23. That was nothing but a dog and pony show. It was never about Bernie being able to deliver. n/t

[wildeyed]

24. He SAID he wouldn't

deliver. He told us all last week when he doubled down on economic justice = racial justice Didn't persuade me that would work, and looks like it didn't persuade a bunch or way more important people, either.

Welcome to politics on the big stage. You gotta build coalitions.

[Ned_Devine]

37. What's wrong with Pussy Riot?

I watched their documentary a few weeks ago. Those young ladies are an extremely brave bunch. Why wouldn't you want their endorsement? I ask that because my interpretation is that their endorsement seems like a punch line to you. Do you even know their story?

[questionseverything]

30. thanks for your impute,it makes sense

side question

what do you think of that sc gov endorsing rubio especially after the robot performance?

does that signal what the inside gop wants?

i ask because rubio is probably the deadliest rep candidate

[kcjohn1]

32. I think its bet on Rubio

Look at it from Haley's perspective. There are only 3 establishment candidates left. Rubio/Bush/Kascich. Only one of those polling in double digits is Rubio.

Politicians generally endorse to further their political careers. She could have endorsed Trump, but that would be very risky b/c you would be betting that not only does Trump beat GOP establishment but also beats the Dems. Rubio is the safest pick out of all the GOP establishment candidates.

Kasich is much more dangerous than Rubio. I think Rubio is lightweight, and although he would be formidable, he could be beat. Kasich would easily beat Clinton, and would be slight favorite against Sanders.

[wildeyed]

16. You think?

[iandhr]

10. Honk Honk

Here comes the bus

[stevil]

11. Good news

[Arazi]

14. Completely expected but most pundits now saying endorsements aren't important anymore

besides, Bernie Sanders has bad ass revolutionaries like Pussy Riot!

[Punkingal]

17. That's no surprise.

[ram2008]

18. The polling must really look bad for her

She's got no one left, unless she some how pulls a Warren endorsement out of her bag. But I don't see that happening as the Bernie coalition is the Warren coalition.

[book_worm]

35. Gee, why hasn't Warren endorsed Bernie?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. He will be embarrassed in a few weeks

[mcar]

25. Great!

[LuckyStrykes]

26. If we build a movement they will come

The Clinton machine is real and imposing. But machines can develop kinks and Sanders is Clinton's kink.

[BlueCaliDem]

27. Excellent! WoooooHOOOOOO!

She closed the deal! That's our Hillary for ya!

This, in addition to Luis Gutiérrez' scathing piece at Univision, is very very bad for Sanders. Very bad.

[Jester Messiah]

28. That's nice, dear.

Did you remember to wheel the trash out? It's pickup day tomorrow.

[Iliyah]

29. K & R

[DefenseLawyer]

31. This is why I'll never be a politician

Somebody, even a former President, phones in the middle of the night and calls me a bastard, I would tell him to fuck himself the next time he calls. Which, I know, is not how politicians think.

[Gothmog]

33. Congressman Clyburn has an amazing GOTV operation

This is a major endorsement

[book_worm]

34. Excellent news