of being presidential is having an effect!

...which has the significant advantage that he comes from a populous, toss-up state (Ohio).

I believe that Senator Brown has been one of our better senators.

...in terms of helping Hillary Clinton to win.

But it would be sad to watch a progressive defend her policies. We had to watch Al Gore defend NAFTA, and we'll have to watch Sherrod Brown defend similar trade deals.

Whether its President Clinton or President Sanders, won't be much good without at least a Democratic senate....

Replacing a senator in CA, HI, NY is easy, but getting another senator, especially one as Progressive as Sherrod Brown from such a swing state is near impossible task...

It will also leave a huge hole in Ohio. We have undergone such gerrymandering that we will never get a Dem to replace him. In fact Ohio recycles Dems that have been defeated to try and fill current openings. We got nothing! Our candidate for Governor was done before he started and our SOS resigned to run for an office that she did not win leaving us in the hands of yet more rethugs. Go figure. The fact that Strickland is running again tells the story.

Senator Brown. Is an awesome person who knows right from wrong. My best to him always!

She's all sold-out corporate while he supports the people 100%, a true progressive.

I wonder what happened behind the scenes to get him to make such a horrible choice?

I hate watching my country go down.

But while certainly reliably progressive, I've always seen him as a "party guy." And, the party has clearly made up its mind and is currently decidedly lining up behind Clinton. I'd be shocked if there were many defectors at this point. Especially now that the MSM is talking as if Clinton is already in the White House. There are jobs to be had in a Clinton admin.

I've never thought of him as merely a "party guy," but if by chance he is, that could explain it.

3/4 of Dems do not support Bernie.

He knows who his friends are--the ones who HELP him win elections.

Sanders has never given him a dime, or the time of day campaigning.

Sorry but I really can't say that enough

Never hurts to be a Friend of the White House on the Hill.

In any event, I am sure this endorsement is irritating a few people.

People betting that Hillary Clinton won't flip-flop again to support the TPP (if she's president and it hasn't already passed) or support similar trade deals with ISDS (special courts corporations can use but environment groups can't) are going to be disappointed.

as a progressive. Really disappointed in his decision.

Ummmmm, where have I heard "Flip Flop" before, oh yes, this was used against the Democratic Party's Nominee, John Kerry from yours truly, W and the GOP Party.

Senator Brown it's the first time I've questioned your judgment. Wow. Hill and Sharrod, two people worlds apart. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. How he came to that one I will never understand!

It would seem you don't know him as well as you think.

This endorsement is NOT a surprise at all to those who have followed his career. This is expected.

He is actually my Senator. His daughter went to school with my son. I will forgive your judging me. He is a good person and is the one bright star here in Ohio.

To anyone studying the HILL (and by that I mean the House and the Senate, not the Presidential candidate), this endorsement is the OPPOSITE of a surprise.

Hillary Clinton's HILLPAC has donated to Sherrod Brown's campaign. WAY back in '06. She's had his back for a while, now.

https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cmte=C00363994&cycle=2006

If you look real close, you'll see she ALSO donated the same max contribution to Bernie Sanders' campaign.

How much money do you think Bernie Sanders ever donated to Sherrod Brown's campaigns?

I will save you some trouble--zip, zero, nada, none.

But let's be fair--maybe he didn't have any cash to spare--some people don't have a lot of money, so they express their support in other ways, like endorsing, doing personal appearances, whipping up enthusiasm among donors, etc. There are other ways to help a "good friend" besides giving them cash.

How many times do you think Sanders has stumped for Brown, encouraged his supporters to donate to him, helped him in any way?

Again--zip, zero, nada, none.

Bill Clinton took time out of his schedule to campaign on behalf of Brown during his last election.

People are loyal to those who HELP them.

This is not really very much of a surprise at all.

Good that Clinton has enough to share. It's easy to see how she gets it. As far as President Clinton campaigning for Brown, that isn't always a plus. Should Hillary be the nominee you will find that he may actually work against the goal. This of course is an opinion. Should she become president you may have yet another problem.

My best to you. May you always be as certain as today.

for both the House and the Senate. Sanders, Brown and dozens of others benefitted from HILLPAC.

She didn't HAVE to do anything--she could have just sat on her best intentions and only worried about herself, but the minute she hit the Senate, she was working to help people win elections--including Bernie Sanders.

And yeah, it IS about the money. Until Citizens United goes away, it most definitely IS about the dough-re-mi. Anyone who plays the "I'm above all that" game is, in effect, saying "I'm running a vanity campaign but I'm not telling my supporters." It is flat-out impossible to win without Big Money. Sure, you can do rallies on the cheap, you can pray that the corporate media might cover them (thirty seconds of a half hour news broadcast), and you can take to the internet and get people who like "underground" style efforts all fired up, but that's not sustainable and it doesn't bring in sufficient numbers of the marginally interested or the POTUS-contest-only voters who stagger out once every four years to pull the lever.

Commercial air time is EXPENSIVE. With cable, it costs more because you have way more bases to cover. Radio is cheaper than TV, but both get very dear indeed the closer we get to November 2016. The prices JUMP in markets that are gearing up towards a primary. It eats up a MASSIVE portion of the campaign budget, and without help from PACs, airing those "Policy ads" that put a candidate's face and views out there and persuade people to vote for that person just ain't happening. And those ads? They WORK.

It's not "only about the money." It's also about support and campaigning. This is an insular world, whether we like it or not. Support breeds support.

They all ought to wait until the nominee is determined and then go full throttle with support at that time. If a Dem officeholder endorses a candidate now, but then another candidate wins the nomination, then I feel it's awkward to re-assign their endorsement to another individual.

Senators, representatives, governors, state party leaders....they have a say in who gets nominated.

And it's becoming abundantly clear that they prefer Clinton OVERWHELMINGLY.

He thinks it's over, iow.

Love Sen Brown.

I'll never look at him the same.

I guess you could say they were siding with the Big Money/Big Power Entrenched Establishment when they both did that way back in 2006.

She was very generous.

HRC donated to his campaign. Her husband campaigned with and for him the last time around.

Sanders hasn't given him a dime, OR stumped for him.

Who's he gonna call?

No brainer.

It was the decisive moment in 2008. Made me cry.

It was awesome effort on the part of many. It will take organization and commitment....and of course dollars. It takes committed people from out of state to canvas door to door to get the job done and that's a lot of feet!

by the energy and professionalism. It was awesome.

I hope to God Bernie will have that. But I do know he has tremendous enthusiasm from a lot of good Americans.

We still had a lot of Hillary die hards during the first obama run. Things were pretty ugly with the hangers on. If Bernie makes it we will have that again. I imagine they will be pretty inconsolable.

That's gotta hurt some DUers.

The people of this country are worth it.

to desert us at this point in the game. He has already said he will support the nominee if it's not him. But he's in it for us, not for himself. You may find it unimaginable, but not everybody sells out, Bob.

I suspect Bernie will stay in campaign regardless to keep his message out there.