2016 Postmortem
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, giving her a boost that could prove important in Southern states where black voters have strong influence
By BILL BARROW, Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) As she works to maintain an advantage among African-American voters in her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton has secured an endorsement from the nation's first black attorney general.
The Clinton campaign announced Eric Holder's support in a statement to the Associated Press.
Holder, who served as President Barack Obama's top law enforcement appointee for more than five years, said Clinton "is the candidate that we need in the White House" to continue "the progress of President Obama."
The former attorney general will campaign for Clinton in an upcoming swing to South Carolina, accompanying her to a state Democratic Party dinner Saturday and a Sunday debate sponsored by NBC News and the Congressional Black Caucus.
Holder's statement cited a list of policy areas that Clinton has highlighted in her battle against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, including several that resonate strongly among black voters.
African-American voters favor Clinton by a wide margin according to preference polls, and they will likely make up a majority of the Democratic electorate in South Carolina's Feb. 27 primary and potentially in other Southern primaries that follow in March.
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-01-13/clinton-gets-nod-from-former-attorney-general-eric-holder
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)This is not an endorsement that's going to help Hillary's "progressive image".
Plus it's been overshadowed by Obama's virtual endorsement of Bernie in his SOTU speech.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)The more Mrs. Clinton is endorsed by these tired, establishment, insider, elitists, the less appeal she has to average Democrats and to the electorate at-large.
This strategy didn't work for the Clintons eight years ago and it isn't going to work now.
LexVegas
(6,092 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/13/poll-views-of-trump-carson-and-bush-dim-as-christie-and-cruz-rise/
Wilms
(26,795 posts)It's about policy.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)It's the Berniacs' policy to shit on anyone endorsing Clinton, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity.
LexVegas
(6,092 posts)Wilms
(26,795 posts)And yes, I have. And now that the coronation has been disrupted, and I'm sure fueling that disruption, is reflected in the polling trends.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)upcoming. If you want to frame this by race, have at it. Frankly, I have more faith in the intelligence of the American people to choose well and that might not include a woman who sold her own daughter out.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)I was just asking them why. And yes, once more people understand what is going on and who Sanders is, they choose Sanders.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)And there is no excuse for his behavior with regard to Wall Street.
cali
(114,904 posts)But I don't have to have the same regard I have for Lewis, for Holder.
LexVegas
(6,092 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)quickesst
(6,281 posts)... it's like a trumpet call.
Number23
(24,544 posts)is now parsing every syllable of the SOTU to see if he says something negative about her. If he did, it would probably be the first thing he ever said that they agreed with.
And I swear, they must think that they are typing in invisible ink and none of us see this. I don't care who endorses who but I have been absolutely gobsmacked at the unrelenting negativity that is shown towards any group or individual -- no matter how progressive their bona fides -- that endorses Clinton. And like you noticed, if that person dares to have melanin or ovaries it gets even worse.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)sonofspy777
(360 posts)"In a USA Today column posted online Tuesday evening, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley writes, "I am neither a Republican nor conservative, and I believe Holder should be fired."
Turley concludes that Holder "has done little in his tenure to protect civil liberties or the free press. Rather, Holder has supervised a comprehensive erosion of privacy rights, press freedom and due process. This ignoble legacy was made possible by Democrats who would look at their shoes whenever the Obama administration was accused of constitutional abuses."
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/liberal-law-professor-pens-op-ed-fire-eric-holder
Is he a Black American in name only? He's certainly not credible.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/05/28/fire-eric-holder-column/2367713/
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,711 posts)Maybe not to the people you deem important, ergo:
..."When Eric Holder took over the Department of Justice, the Civil Rights Division, known as the crown jewel of the agency, was in shambles. Conservative political appointees in the Bush administration had forced out well-respected section chiefs. Longtime career lawyers left in droves, replaced by partisan hacks. Civil rights enforcement was virtually non-existent.
Holder made restoring the credibility of the Civil Rights Division a leading cause. In the last eight years, vital federal laws designed to protect rights in the workplace, the housing market, and the voting booth have languished, he said at his confirmation hearing. Improper political hiring has undermined this important mission. That must change. And I intend to make this a priority as attorney general.
Enforcing the Voting Rights Act became a key priority for Holders Justice Department. In 2012, it successfully challenged Texass voter ID law, South Carolinas voter ID law, and Floridas cutbacks to early voting under the VRA.
...........
This cause was personal to Holder. His sister-in-law, Vivian Malone Jones, was one of two African-American students to integrate the University of Alabama in 1963. I so wish Vivian had lived to see this moment, Holder said in Selma after Obamas election. ....." (more at link)