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17. Both cities have large Hispanic and African- American populations,,

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:35 PM

Jul 2015

and both have thriving LGBT and arts communities. Ideal for Democrats, in many ways. But they're both dominated by corporations and international trade, and are home to some of the wildest of wild right-wing nut jobs. Sanders "natural' audience here would be university students, but dead-of-summer is the off season for them.

If he were looking just for a show of support, Austin would be his prime Texas destination.

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Hillary Clinton spends $19 million, hires hundreds [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

It's the Clinton jobs plan. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #1

Nice analogy. tazkcmo Jul 2015 #30

They all put $$$$$ first and foremost in their minds aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #2

"spent heavily on building up a digital team..." they're working on a virtual reality app whereisjustice Jul 2015 #3

Obviously, whatever Hillary's doing, it's not working; she better hire hundreds more. InAbLuEsTaTe Jul 2015 #5

Bernie better hire a lot more. You can't run a campaign without staffers in all 50 states. pnwmom Jul 2015 #7

Bernie is getting people organizing in all 50 states without having to pay for it. peacebird Jul 2015 #23

Tell us, how many hours are those MeetUp volunteers working? brooklynite Jul 2015 #24

Unless they happen to be retired already, like I am. Or young and energetic after work! peacebird Jul 2015 #25

I repeat - how many hours? brooklynite Jul 2015 #26

How many hours are Hillary's $19 million buying? I have worked to get D's elected for over 30 years peacebird Jul 2015 #28

What a great way to start my Thursday - thank you! hatrack Jul 2015 #35

:) peacebird Jul 2015 #36

42. n/t tazkcmo Jul 2015 #31

How many six figure sycophants are included in that? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #4

Hell, for six figures I'd be a sycophant! KansDem Jul 2015 #6

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I can tell you it's a ugly sexist slur and I did it in nine hundred ninety two words... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #37

Yes. Team Hillary is going up against the GOP billionaire boys club misterhighwasted Jul 2015 #9

We know it is going to take lots of money to fund a campaign for presidency. Anyone who thinks Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #16

Koch brothers have pledged about a billion to the GOP; and others have also. They will be buying up freshwest Jul 2015 #19

Was it Sun Tzu, or Rove that said: 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #27

Excellent post! n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #21

Good. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #10

Sanders is coming to Texas next week. okasha Jul 2015 #12

Expect his Guns & Jesus speech will be polished & ready misterhighwasted Jul 2015 #14

Both cities have large Hispanic and African- American populations,, okasha Jul 2015 #17

You know what was nice... When I grew up there, Big H was liberal with a big L. Everything you say freshwest Jul 2015 #20

Me too but not Houston. tazkcmo Jul 2015 #32

Houston has a lot of liberals still left, but the suburbs are... revolting. Dallas once had a freshwest Jul 2015 #18

Harris County voted Democrat in the past two presidential elections and in 2008 a lot of Republican Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #29

Excellent. DURHAM D Jul 2015 #13

I might vote for her for 19 million dollars olddots Jul 2015 #22

Go for it, Hillary! Nitram Jul 2015 #33

All that money spent when good positions on good policy would have gotten the job done at a Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #34

Why Is It Nobody Made An Issue Of The 100's Of Millions Obama Raised? Corey_Baker08 Jul 2015 #38

They must think that their candidate will win by only using spit and gum. Beacool Jul 2015 #40

So? Beacool Jul 2015 #39