Union Endorsements: When Members Decide - It's Bernie; When Leaders Decide - It's Clinton [View all]

[Ferd Berfel]

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/22/bernie-sanders-gets-group-endorsements-when-members-decide-hillary-clinton-when


Bernie Sanders Gets Group Endorsements When Members Decide; Hillary Clinton When Leaders Decide



When it comes to what the word "Establishment" means, there is a pattern worth noting

In the war for endorsements in the Democratic presidential primary, there is a clear trend.

Every major union or progressive organization that let its members have a vote endorsed Bernie Sanders.

Meanwhile, all of Hillary Clinton’s major group endorsements come from organizations where the leaders decide. And several of those endorsements were accompanied by criticisms from members about the lack of a democratic process.

It’s perhaps the clearest example yet of Clinton’s powerful appeal to the Democratic Party’s elite, even as support for Sanders explodes among the rank and file.