2016 Postmortem

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts) Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:00 PM Feb 2016

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Endorses Hillary Clinton

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/29/politics/hillary-clinton-congressional-hispanic-caucus-endorsement/index.html

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Congressional Hispanic Caucus Endorses Hillary Clinton (Original Post) JaneyVee Feb 2016 OP

That is great news! auntpurl Feb 2016 #1

Excellent MaggieD Feb 2016 #2

So once again, Hillary gets the board room votes, but not the people's vote. Gregorian Feb 2016 #3

Does the Congressional Hispanic caucus really equate frazzled Feb 2016 #5

it is a PAC tk2kewl Feb 2016 #6

So what? All but one member of the Hispanic Caucus have individually endorsed frazzled Feb 2016 #9

Is this a joke? She's over 100k votes ahead of Sanders lunamagica Feb 2016 #7

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus *PAC* tk2kewl Feb 2016 #4

K&R. YEEESSSS! lunamagica Feb 2016 #8

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)

1. That is great news!

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:00 PM

Feb 2016

Thanks for posting.

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)

2. Excellent

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:02 PM

Feb 2016

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)

3. So once again, Hillary gets the board room votes, but not the people's vote.

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:11 PM

Feb 2016

Hillary is an opportunist. Keep that in mind when you vote for her.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

5. Does the Congressional Hispanic caucus really equate

Reply to Gregorian (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:19 PM

Feb 2016

to the corporate boardroom? It seems like this is an insult to the people--the voters--who have chosen these men and women to represent their interests in the US Congress.

For a campaign that claims to be "of the people," a whole lot of people are being thrown under the bus lately. Or does "the people" mean only those people dedicated to a single individual (Bernie Sanders)?

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

6. it is a PAC

Reply to frazzled (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:26 PM

Feb 2016

Congressional Hispanic Caucus PAC

see this post for who funds the PAC and then decide if they represent the people or the board room
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511343988

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

9. So what? All but one member of the Hispanic Caucus have individually endorsed

Reply to tk2kewl (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:47 PM

Feb 2016

The sole member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus backing Sanders is Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, one of just four members of Congress standing behind the Vermont senator.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/congressional-hispanic-caucus-pac-backs-clinton-219946#ixzz41aEi87s7

Almost every member of Congress maintains what is known as a "Leadership PAC," including Bernie Sanders, who maintains the "Progressive Voters of America" PAC.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/industry.php?txt=Q03&cycle=2012

The CHC BOLD PAC is the same thing: it uses contributions to help elect Hispanic members to Congress.
http://boldpac.com/#section-about
Here are its stats at Open Secrets https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00365536

It has way less money than the National Nurses United Super PAC endorsing Sanders: https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00490375

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

7. Is this a joke? She's over 100k votes ahead of Sanders

Reply to Gregorian (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:31 PM

Feb 2016

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

4. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus *PAC*

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:16 PM

Feb 2016

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

8. K&R. YEEESSSS!

Reply to JaneyVee (Original post)

Mon Feb 29, 2016, 02:32 PM

Feb 2016

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