86% of Democratic Senators, 76% of Democratic Representatives, 67% of Democratic Governors

[Godhumor]

Have already endorsed Clinton.

That is an unbelievable record considering the first vote hasn't even been cast for our nominee.

[djean111]

1. That has absolutely no effect on my vote for Bernie.

Politicians endorse other politicians, usually, because they hope to gain by the endorsement.
I do not feel that I have anything to gain, and much to lose, by voting for Clinton. So I will not.
Bottom line.

[reformist2]

43. All Camp Hillary has going for them are endorsements. It's basically peer pressure.

[DCBob]

54. Sure but it does have impact on some Hillary supporters who might be thinking of jumping ship.

This gives them confidence they have chosen the best candidate.

[MADem]

2. She also has the lion's share of state representatives and

state party movers and shakers.

People like to be asked for their vote...!

[pangaia]

28. Exaxctly- the movers and shakers.

And THAT is who we need to get rid of.
That is the whole point.

[ibegurpard]

3. if they all jumped off a bridge

Would you do it too?

[elleng]

11. thumbsup

[1StrongBlackMan]

15. Probably not. A lot would depend on ...

Why they were jumping and what was below me.

But that said ... there is a reason for the best practice of seeking peer references when making hiring decisions.

[Kalidurga]

51. That might not be so bad...

if you were the last one to jump....

[Recursion]

58. Probably. What's more likely: everyone I know has gone insane

or the bridge is on fire?

[Historic NY]

4. Amazing.......

[Renew Deal]

5. The race is likely already over if Super-Delegates remain faithful

But there are no guarantees on that.

[Attorney in Texas]

6. If voters want an establishment candidate to perpetuate the status quo, she's their huckleberry.

I don't think that's what they want

[upaloopa]

17. That's not what she is and that is why she

has the endorsements and why she is leading in the polls and why she will be the 45st and first woman President.

Madam President

[Attorney in Texas]

19. Is she or isn't she the establishment candidate? Which candidate from either party is proposing LESS

change than Clinton?

How is Clinton NOT the establishment candidate offering more of the same?

Who is the establishment/status quo candidate if not Clinton?

[VanillaRhapsody]

29. so is Sanders...

How long has he held political office now?

[LiberalArkie]

7. In other words, people with power and money support Hillary?

[1StrongBlackMan]

16. Or, it could mean ...

That people that know, personally and professionally, both HRC and Bernie, having worked with both, prefer HRC.

[fredamae]

8. All that means to me

is that these people are Wrong and I'm correct
Seriously tho-I am solidly, unwavering in my support of Bernie Sanders.....so the mainstream politicians support no longer influences me......

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. Sanders is a mainstream politician

has been one his entire career.

[fredamae]

35. Thank you for your opinion :) n/t

[Gman]

9. Another reason why Sanders will never get above 30-35%

He's peaked. It's over.

[mcranor]

10. Sure, but how many of them will actually vote for her..

...once they're alone in the booth?

[Sheepshank]

12. Even if she lost 50% of them, I doubt they'd migrate to Bernie

...realistically what are the chances she would lose 50% of those endorsements?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. It's a good thing that politicians are held in such high esteem by voters...oh, wait.

[oasis]

36. Voters re-elect them to their respective districts, just as Bernie' s constituents

return him to office. Oh wait.......you already knew that.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

37. Does that mean they respect them?

Or, are they just going through the motions? How about the people who choose not to vote? Is it because they hold politicians in such high esteem?

[oasis]

40. Malcontents choose to stay home on Election Day unless a messiah

happens to come onto the scene with promises of "pie in the sky".

An overwhelming number of congress folks are returned to office by offering voters well grounded, substantive proposals.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

42. Pie in the sky? Is that like Politics as usual?

I have a hunch that a lot of those "malcontents" are just fed up with a corrupt system that gives us "more of the same" year after year.

[oasis]

45. Women's voting rights, the New Deal, Civil rights, Medicare.

All from the same "corrupt system". One has to take into account that no of this happened overnight.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

46. And, that the politicians were forced into it by "malcontents".

[oasis]

50. Let's see if our current crop of malcontents will accept

the concept of comprise and settle for half a loaf this time around. Nothing is gained by sitting out an election.

[Alfresco]

18. FiveThirtyEight - The Endorsement Primary

In presidential primaries, endorsements have been among the best predictors of which candidates will succeed and which will fail. So we’re keeping track.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

[NurseJackie]

20. Because Hillary is a winner. Bernie is ...

... not.

[zalinda]

22. A winner of what?

The only elections she has won is in New York, where not only did Moynihan get her the Democratic nomination, but it was in a almost totally blue state. Big whup!

I can't see where she has won anything else. She was First Lady because of Bill and Secretary of State because of Obama. Not a great track record of winning.

Bernie has won every election since the middle 1980's, so who is the real winner?

Z

[LexVegas]

23. "She was First Lady because of Bill and Secretary of State because of Obama." nt

[zalinda]

26. Tell me I got the fact wrong. eom

[leftofcool]

24. So, she rode in on the boys coat tails, eh?

Pathetic!

[zalinda]

27. Tell me I got the facts wrong. eom

[VanillaRhapsody]

31. first time for everything

just like a first female President...

[NurseJackie]

41. It won't be Bernie, that's for sure. He'll be the loser of this primary.

[pangaia]

33. Bernie is a ...looser?

Wow. I'm glad you're not my nurse.

[99Forever]

21. Them that gots...

..want more.

Fuck what We the People want.

Message received. Loud and clear.

[frylock]

25. 0% of fucks given.

[Walk away]

32. Wait until Iowa! After she wins everyone will be endorsing...

A lot of folks are waiting until then because it used to be the beginning of the political season.

[Doctor_J]

34. And how well the party has done under the current leaders

They're the ones who transformed it from the party of social security, Medicare, and the voting rights act to the party of heritage care and the TPP, and have us close to disappearing altogether.

[FloridaBlues]

38. He is at a stand still and in some national polls out today losing alittle ground

You can't diss the party you want to run on.

[NCTraveler]

39. Really amazing considering Sanders is the career politician running. #hillyes nt.

[zalinda]

52. Yeah, but she's been living off the government

for more years AND not been elected.

Z

[loyalsister]

44. ho hum

A lot of people in politics don't want to cross the Clintons. No news there.

[Ino]

47. A very believable testament to the power of Hillary Clinton...

...to terrify everyone.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/195188-hillarys-hit-list

Almost six years later most Clinton aides can still rattle off the names of traitors and the favors that had been done for them, then provide details of just how each of the guilty had gone on to betray the Clintons—as if it all had happened just a few hours before. The data project ensured that the acts of the sinners and saints would never be forgotten.

There was a special circle of Clinton hell reserved for people who had endorsed Obama or stayed on the fence after Bill and Hillary had raised money for them, appointed them to a political post, or written a recommendation to ice their kid’s application to an elite school.

On one early draft of the hit list, each Democratic member of Congress was assigned a numerical grade from one to seven, with the most helpful to Hillary earning ones and the most treacherous drawing sevens. The set of sevens included Sens. John Kerry, Jay Rockefeller, Bob Casey, and Patrick Leahy, as well as Reps. Chris Van Hollen, Baron Hill, and Rob Andrews.

Yet even seven didn’t seem strong enough to quantify the betrayal of some onetime allies.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/12/confidants-diary-clinton-wanted-to-keep-records-for-revenge/

Shortly before Hillary Clinton’s effort to pass health care reform died in the summer of 1994, the first lady asked a close friend and confidant for advice on “how best to preserve her general memories of the administration and of health care in particular.”

When asked why, according to the friend’s June 20, 1994, diary entry, Clinton said, “Revenge.”

There's no downside to not endorsing Sanders... he's not a vengeful person. But no one wants to be on the wrong side of Hillary Clinton, whether she wins or loses.

[Major Hogwash]

48. But, money in politics is not a problem, right?

CU L8R.

[MaggieD]

49. Wow, she is running the table on him!

Great news. Thanks.

[Alfresco]

53. A Public Service Kick

[Bread and Circus]

55. which supports the notion "the fix is in" to a degree

The extremity suggests it has been a bit of a rigged contest.

[John Poet]

56. Ninety-nine percent of the people

thought the world was FLAT....




like Hillary's appeal to the masses....

[Live and Learn]

57. I find it rather disgusting and disdainful to the voting public, myself. nt

[Scuba]

59. That's not very many considering the ass-kicking Democrats have been taking lately ...

Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats since 2009.