March 28, 2016

Did State Dept staffers thank Clinton Foundation donors, per @GroverNorquist? Nope.

We see lots of RW Jdicial Watch--and its lies show up here on DU. Glad to see this. One my RW LIE is seeing the light.



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Norquist
Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."

— Grover Norquist on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 in a Fox Business interview
Grover Norquist says State Department employees sent thank-yous to donors of Clinton Foundation

By Jon Greenberg on Monday, March 28th, 2016 at 6:08 p.m.




State Department investigators last year issued a subpoena to the Clinton Foundation seeking documents about projects run by the charity that may have required U.S. government approval when Hillary Clinton was secretary of State. (Inform)

Opinion polls consistently show that if there’s one thing Hillary Clinton is up against with voters, it’s that too many of them question her honesty.

Anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, fed into that theme during an interview on Fox Business with host Maria Bartiromo on March 24, 2016. Norquist segued from talking about her presidential campaign fundraising to the "mixing of her official job as secretary of state and the Clinton Foundation."

Norquist said, "We now know (that) officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation. Letting them know ‘wink, wink, nudge, nudge’ that you didn’t just give to the Clinton Foundation. Hillary Clinton, secretary of state, appreciates what you’ve done."

We wondered if Norquist's allegation was correct.

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Judicial Watch posted a number of documents it received through a Freedom of Information Act request to the State Department. .................









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PolitiFact ?@PolitiFact 27m27 minutes ago

Did State staffers thank Clinton Foundation donors, per @GroverNorquist? Nope. http://bit.ly/1Ro9BMz


Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."

— Grover Norquist on Thursday, March 24th, 2016 in a Fox Business interview









..............Our ruling

Norquist said that State Department officials were sending official thank-yous to donors to the Clinton Foundation. We looked at the source documents he relied on and found nothing that supported his version of events. State Department staff did ask for lists of projects and partners in preparation for a speech Clinton was to give at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting.

However, there is no hint that any staff member expressed official appreciation to any donor. The event itself involved partners in CGI projects, which by that time was financially separate from the foundation. In addition, there is no indication that money for those projects flowed through CGI.

Finally, Clinton thanked governments for showing up, but didn’t thank donors. She praised the audience in general, but that would include many who were on the receiving end of CGI’s efforts.

The documents do not say what Norquist suggested they said. We rate this claim False.

March 28, 2016

@BarbraStreisand - What's the issue about Secretary @HillaryClinton getting $225k a speech when Pres

Barbra Streisand Verified account
?@BarbraStreisand

What's the issue about Secretary @HillaryClinton getting $225k a speech when Pres Bush 41/43 got $1m/Trump $1.25m. OK for men but not women?



A few responses:

Robert Sandy ?@frodofied 41m41 minutes ago

@BarbraStreisand @HillaryClinton PREACH!
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Lesley Abravanel ?@lesleyabravanel 42m42 minutes ago Boca Raton, FL

@BarbraStreisand @HillaryClinton Yaaaas Kween! The double standard is infuriating. #ImWithHer


Linda ?@westcoastprof 4h4 hours ago

@BarbraStreisand @HillaryClinton sadly its her competitor on the democratic side that made it an issue.

March 28, 2016

"Hang in there. In 2017, the Easter Egg Roll is going to be Bill's job." pic

Christina ?@christinawrites Mar 27

"Hang in there. In 2017, the Easter Egg Roll is going to be Bill's job."
#HappyEaster! #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/Vy0UoW5Wi4

March 28, 2016

very easy to reach @RonJohnsonWI at 608-310-2270 stop blocking #SCOTUS nomination of Judge Garland

Greg Neumann
?@gneumann_wkow

.@HillaryClinton urges ..... to contact @SenRonJohnson and tell him to stop blocking #SCOTUS nomination of Judge Garland.



Philip Shulman ?@PhilipShulman 11m11 minutes ago

.@gneumann_wkow @HillaryClinton very easy to reach @RonJohnsonWI at 608-310-2270 #DoYourJob #SCOTUSnominee #SCOTUS #wipolitics #wisen
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March 28, 2016

LA Times California Poll: Hillary Stays +11 among likely voters matching Field poll from December

Suki in Calif. ?@freeandclear1 5h5 hours ago

LA Times California Poll: Hillary Stays +11 among likely voters matching Field poll from December #ImWithHer http://ln.is/www.dailykos.com/sto/cr7H2 …




LA Times California Poll: Hillary Stays +11 among likely voters matching Field poll from

A new poll from LA TImes shows a stable race in the Golden State. In December Field found the same +11 Clinton advantage

When Bernie Sanders' followers were asked about November prospects:

While both Democratic camps prepare for a final battle in the state’s June 7 primary, the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times statewide poll that just over half of Sanders’ supporters said they expected Clinton to be the next president. About a third of Sanders’ backers said they expected the Vermont senator to emerge the winner, and 12% said they thought Donald Trump would prevail...........

March 28, 2016

tune in--Hillary on msnbc -speaking from Madison WI

March 28, 2016

Ted Devine conceded "it would not be enough" IF superdelegates from states he won voted for Sanders

Ted Devine conceded "it would not be enough" IF superdelegates from states he won voted for Sanders

X-posted:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1107&thread=84352


Greg Sargent usually writes hit pieces on Hillary..I almost did not read this column. His title is misleading --Should be a Hail Mary Pass ---by the POPE himself!

Sanders needs to be honest with his donors --in all those emails we read about out there.




Sanders’s plan to win nomination by flipping super-delegates is a long shot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/28/sanderss-plan-to-win-nomination-by-flipping-super-delegates-is-a-long-shot/

By Greg Sargent March 28 at 1:26 PM

(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Fresh off of his big wins on Saturday, Bernie Sanders appeared on the Sunday shows to make two emphatic points about what’s next in his quest to overcome what still looks like a daunting delegate lead enjoyed by Hillary Clinton. She currently leads him by around 675 delegates total — pledged and un-pledged delegates together — and she needs to win barely more than a third of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, while Sanders would need two-thirds of them.

First, Sanders said on CNN that he and his campaign will try to persuade un-pledged delegates — so-called “super-delegates,” who decide independent of the voting — to flip from supporting Clinton to supporting him instead, on the grounds that he is the more electable candidate in November.

Second, and more narrowly, Sanders also said on CNN that super-delegates in states that he won will feel pressure to support him, rather than Clinton, in order to honor the will of those states’ voters.

The problem with this second claim is that, even if it actually happened, it all but certainly would not make a difference to the outcome.

David Wasserman, who tracks the delegate math for the Cook Political Report, calculates that even if you awarded Sanders all of the super-delegates in the states he has won so far, it would still not be enough to overcome Clinton’s lead among super-delegates. That’s because many of the states that Sanders won are caucus states — with fewer super-delegates — while many of the states Clinton won have far more super-delegates.



“If you gave Bernie all of the super-delegates in the states he’s won, it wouldn’t be enough to reverse her super-delegate lead,” Wasserman tells me.

The math on this checks out. According to figures provided by the Democratic National Committee, here are the numbers of super-delegates in the states Sanders has won so far: New Hampshire (8). Colorado (12). Minnesota (16). Oklahoma (4). Vermont (10). Kansas (4). Nebraska (5). Maine (5). Michigan (17). Idaho (4). Utah (4). Alaska (4). Hawaii (10). Washington State (17). Democrats abroad (4).

The total number of super-delegates in all the states Sanders has won thus far is: 124. Clinton currently leads Sanders by 469-29 among super-delegates who have declared support for one candidate or the other, an advantage of 440. Giving Sanders all of those super-dels in states he won would not come close to closing that gap.



Tad Devine, a top strategist on the Sanders campaign, conceded to me that even if that scenario came to pass, it would not be enough. “She still has a very significant lead,” Devine told me. “She started off with a huge advantage in super delegates.”...........

March 28, 2016

Ted Devine conceded "it would not be enough" IF superdelegates from states he won voted for Sander

Ted Devine conceded "it would not be enough" IF superdelegates from states he won voted for Sander

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=edit&forum=1107&thread=84352


Greg Sargent usually writes hit pieces on Hillary..I almost did not read this column. His title is misleading --Should be a Hail Mary Pass ---by the POPE himself!

Sanders needs to be honest with his donors --in all those emails we read about out there.




Sanders’s plan to win nomination by flipping super-delegates is a long shot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/28/sanderss-plan-to-win-nomination-by-flipping-super-delegates-is-a-long-shot/

By Greg Sargent March 28 at 1:26 PM

(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Fresh off of his big wins on Saturday, Bernie Sanders appeared on the Sunday shows to make two emphatic points about what’s next in his quest to overcome what still looks like a daunting delegate lead enjoyed by Hillary Clinton. She currently leads him by around 675 delegates total — pledged and un-pledged delegates together — and she needs to win barely more than a third of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, while Sanders would need two-thirds of them.

First, Sanders said on CNN that he and his campaign will try to persuade un-pledged delegates — so-called “super-delegates,” who decide independent of the voting — to flip from supporting Clinton to supporting him instead, on the grounds that he is the more electable candidate in November.

Second, and more narrowly, Sanders also said on CNN that super-delegates in states that he won will feel pressure to support him, rather than Clinton, in order to honor the will of those states’ voters.

The problem with this second claim is that, even if it actually happened, it all but certainly would not make a difference to the outcome.

David Wasserman, who tracks the delegate math for the Cook Political Report, calculates that even if you awarded Sanders all of the super-delegates in the states he has won so far, it would still not be enough to overcome Clinton’s lead among super-delegates. That’s because many of the states that Sanders won are caucus states — with fewer super-delegates — while many of the states Clinton won have far more super-delegates.



“If you gave Bernie all of the super-delegates in the states he’s won, it wouldn’t be enough to reverse her super-delegate lead,” Wasserman tells me.

The math on this checks out. According to figures provided by the Democratic National Committee, here are the numbers of super-delegates in the states Sanders has won so far: New Hampshire (8). Colorado (12). Minnesota (16). Oklahoma (4). Vermont (10). Kansas (4). Nebraska (5). Maine (5). Michigan (17). Idaho (4). Utah (4). Alaska (4). Hawaii (10). Washington State (17). Democrats abroad (4).

The total number of super-delegates in all the states Sanders has won thus far is: 124. Clinton currently leads Sanders by 469-29 among super-delegates who have declared support for one candidate or the other, an advantage of 440. Giving Sanders all of those super-dels in states he won would not come close to closing that gap.



Tad Devine, a top strategist on the Sanders campaign, conceded to me that even if that scenario came to pass, it would not be enough. “She still has a very significant lead,” Devine told me. “She started off with a huge advantage in super delegates.”

March 28, 2016

March 28:538 Clinton has an 84% chance of winning the Wisconsin primary; Sanders 16%

This is the polls+forcast





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According to our latest polls-plus forecast, Hillary Clinton has an 84% chance of winning the Wisconsin primary.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/primary-forecast/wisconsin-democratic/


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