A question for the HRC group

[BootinUp]

58. In my humble opinion we might as well raise a white flag of surrender, but lets discuss them

- immediately give back any campaign contributions that she has received from various corporations that exist in the oil, pharmaceutical, and banking industries

So the feeling is that this would help us win the election? I don't get it at all. If you don't have more votes in DC you can't change policy, and that is a prescription for losing. It takes money to get our message out. We have to maximize our message under the rules. Change the rules after the victory.

- support a complete and total ban on fracking
This is a controversial issue, and either way there are going to be some pissed off people. The best answer is for Democrats to do everything possible to insure it is regulated to minimize any ill effects, and to fund research to learn as much as possible about its effects.

- support a framework of moving to a single-payer health care infrastructure. Of course, keep the ACA....but move towards single-payer
Hillary is already ahead of them and Bernie, she has said AGAIN as in '08, that she wants supports the public option. She was more liberal than Obama in '08 and now. Many believe that a public option would be a way to transition away from private insurance without great dislocation of jobs in the insurance industry.

- support revised Glass-Steagall act which prohibits the intermingling of commercial and investment banking
I support and believe Hillary is correct when she says her plan is better and stronger regulation of the banking and shadow banking industry. She has also said she supports breaking up institutions that pose a risk to the financial system. Like everything the devil is in the details, Bernie avoids talking about the details, so if people don't know the facts, they are inclined to think his idea is what is needed.

- support for cap and trade on CO2 emitters

Hillary approach is to set long term goals for reduction (increased regulation, increased investment, and regular assessments of progress. Read it: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/ .I presume that they determined cap and trade is not a vote getter in the GE, and/or not passable in DC.

- a pledge to overturn Citizens United, and support the complete end to SuperPACS, thus relying only on individual contributions for campaign funding. And to nominate SCOTUS Justices who support such policies
She has already MADE these pledges in regards to Citizens United and SCOTUS judges

- gun reform (a given....I do agree with her positions on this)
Not sure what position is being advocated for, Hillary is for common sense gun reform and takes a more liberal anti-NRA stance than Sanders

- a pledge not to engage in further military action in any Mideast conflicts (unless we're directly attacked), and to support a policy of supporting other Mideast countries taking the lead to combat terrorism
Too many Democrats and Independents do not agree with this pledge, however, she and they do agree with language that says "war is a last resort" and that we depend on Mideast allies one of her core statements. I think we are getting into semantics. Clinton and Obama agree in principle on more positions than they do not when it comes to foreign policy. Clinton de-emphasizes the use of military and emphasizes the use of diplomacy and other tools.

- a $15 federal minimum wage
Her plan supports $15 at the State and Local level, her plan is based on studies by respected economists, it is progressive and again more detailed than Sanders and can be argued to the American people on more sound footing

- Release of the speech transcripts
Red Herring, They need to Get over it. She is going to hold the line on protection of her private conversations. I support it 100%. I mean where does it stop? If her public record is not enough for them to take her down, then they create a false narrative that she is hiding something. This is just nasty politics.