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2016 endorsements (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2015 OP
I don't see Bernie's name there. nt Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #1
Here brooklynite Aug 2015 #2
Mahalo brooklynite Cha Aug 2015 #7
Pretty impressive list - you know what's really interesting is........ George II Aug 2015 #25
Eighty-five endorsements before any other candidate had declared. Scootaloo Aug 2015 #28
I have been told that Democrats in Congress must, of course, endorse a D. djean111 Aug 2015 #3
Angus King hasn't endorsed Sanders. George II Aug 2015 #15
I notice a distinct lack of any serious response to your question 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #17
even if true dsc Aug 2015 #24
Please top Lying-by-Omission / Here are Bernie Sanders Endorsements (Wikipedia) 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #4
Take it up with Nate Silver, it's his chart. DonViejo Aug 2015 #6
Repeating a lie-by-omission, is still lying. 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #8
Maybe if you went to the site and read the article accompanying DonViejo Aug 2015 #9
Please find out what that chart is about... Adrahil Aug 2015 #34
LOL You just confirmed what we Bernie supporters have been saying. Party infrastructure DNC jwirr Aug 2015 #38
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #14
List of many impressive people and organizations there. NCTraveler Aug 2015 #10
Sanders has a lock on the Ice Cream lobby, but I hear Hillary is wooing Häagen-Dazs. George II Aug 2015 #12
LOL Iliyah Aug 2015 #13
She's doing it for her friend Netanyahu - or as she calls him, "Nutty-Buddy" Scootaloo Aug 2015 #27
None of those are US Representatives, US Senators, or state Governors Recursion Aug 2015 #33
That is quite a list of well known and well respected people. We are not alone. Thank you. jwirr Aug 2015 #37
And thats just the beginning. William769 Aug 2015 #5
Yeah, I tried to paste a table, too....doesn't work well George II Aug 2015 #11
Is it true that Congressional Dems are obliged to "endorse" Hillary? 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #18
Inasmuch as none of us here are Congressional Dems, doubt you'll get an informed answer here. George II Aug 2015 #19
Then I'll take that as a "yes" they are obliged in some way 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #20
You can take it for whatever you want. George II Aug 2015 #21
I really don't care about Angus King, because that wasn't my question 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #22
Your question was answered as best as someone who isn't a Congressional Democrat... George II Aug 2015 #23
I may do just that, since I live in Oregon 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #26
The endorsements Silver listed was current members of Congress and governors. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #39
Feel the lukewarm postatomic Aug 2015 #16
I could count on one hand the number of politicians whose endorsements I care about tularetom Aug 2015 #29
Here's a screencap of the chart... SidDithers Aug 2015 #30
If all Democrat Congressional members are required to endorse a Democrat for president there is a Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #31
So Donald Trump Jamaal510 Aug 2015 #32
And perhaps Kim Jong Un by proxy? George II Aug 2015 #35
K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #36

brooklynite

(94,595 posts)
2. Here
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:02 PM
Aug 2015

CANDIDATE DATE ENDORSER POSITION PTS.

Hillary Clinton
7/15/15 Marcia L. Fudge REP. (D-OHIO) 1
7/14 André Carson REP. (D-IND.) 1
6/27 Niki Tsongas REP. (D-MASS.) 1
6/23 Matthew Cartwright REP. (D-PA.) 1
6/23 William "Lacy" Clay Jr. REP. (D-MO.) 1
6/13 Elizabeth Esty REP. (D-CONN.) 1
6/13 Tom Wolf GOV. (D-PA.) 10
6/13 John B. Larson REP. (D-CONN.) 1
6/7 Dannel P. Malloy GOV. (D-CONN.) 10
6/4 Christopher Murphy SEN. (D-CONN.) 5
5/20 Peter Shumlin GOV. (D-VT.) 10
5/14 Joseph P. Kennedy III REP. (D-MASS.) 1
5/12 James McGovern REP. (D-MASS.) 1
5/5 Michael F. Bennet SEN. (D-COLO.) 5
5/5 Gary Peters SEN. (D-MICH.) 5
5/4 Brad Sherman REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Grace Napolitano REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Henry Cuellar REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
5/4 Jared Polis REP. (D-COLO.) 1
5/4 Jim Cooper REP. (D-TENN.) 1
5/4 José E. Serrano REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Joyce Beatty REP. (D-OHIO) 1
5/4 Julia Brownley REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Kathleen Rice REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Adam Schiff REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Adam Smith REP. (D-WASH.) 1
5/4 Daniel Kildee REP. (D-MICH.) 1
5/4 Derek Kilmer REP. (D-WASH.) 1
5/4 Ed Perlmutter REP. (D-COLO.) 1
5/4 Eddie Bernice Johnson REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
5/4 Filemon Vela REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
5/4 Kathy Castor REP. (D-FLA.) 1
5/4 Lucille Roybal-Allard REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Kurt Schrader REP. (D-ORE.) 1
5/4 Sean Patrick Maloney REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
5/4 Rubén Hinojosa REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
5/4 Patrick Murphy REP. (D-FLA.) 1
5/4 Mike Thompson REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
5/4 Marc Veasey REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
5/4 Gerald E. "Gerry" Connolly REP. (D-VA.) 1
4/29 Emanuel Cleaver REP. (D-MO.) 1
4/24 Robert P. Casey, Jr. SEN. (D-PA.) 5
4/23 Steve Israel REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
4/23 Cory A. Booker SEN. (D-N.J.) 5
4/16 Gina M. Raimondo GOV. (D-R.I.) 10
4/15 Jim McDermott REP. (D-WASH.) 1
4/14 Rosa L. DeLauro REP. (D-CONN.) 1
4/13 Tom Udall SEN. (D-N.M.) 5
4/12 Jeanne Shaheen SEN. (D-N.H.) 5
4/12 Karen Bass REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
4/12 Andrew M. Cuomo GOV. (D-N.Y.) 10
4/12 Debbie Dingell REP. (D-MICH.) 1
4/12 Rick Larsen REP. (D-WASH.) 1
4/11 Nydia M. Velázquez REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
4/11 Jerrold Nadler REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
2/2 Brian Schatz SEN. (D-HAWAII) 5
1/29 Alcee L. Hastings REP. (D-FLA.) 1
1/27 Madeleine Bordallo REP. (D-GUAM) 1
1/27 Judy Chu REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/27 Ami Bera REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/27 Mazie K. Hirono SEN. (D-HAWAII) 5
1/27 Mark Takano REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/27 Ted Lieu REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/27 Tammy Duckworth REP. (D-ILL.) 1
12/18/14 Bill Nelson SEN. (D-FLA.) 5
12/16 Al Franken SEN. (D-MINN.) 5
12/1 Benjamin L. Cardin SEN. (D-MD.) 5
12/1 Barbara A. Mikulski SEN. (D-MD.) 5
11/14 Terry McAuliffe GOV. (D-VA.) 10
11/10 Charles B. Rangel REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
10/14 Nita Lowey REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
8/5 Mark R. Warner SEN. (D-VA.) 5
7/12 Michelle Lujan Grisham REP. (D-N.M.) 1
7/12 Martin Heinrich SEN. (D-N.M.) 5
6/21 Patrick J. Leahy SEN. (D-VT.) 5
6/7 Richard Blumenthal SEN. (D-CONN.) 5
6/6 Robin Kelly REP. (D-ILL.) 1
6/6 Bill Foster REP. (D-ILL.) 1
6/5 Richard J. Durbin SEN. (D-ILL.) 5
6/4 Amy Klobuchar SEN. (D-MINN.) 5
5/22 Debbie Stabenow SEN. (D-MICH.) 5
5/4 Mark Takai REP. (D-HAWAII) 1
5/3 Tim Kaine SEN. (D-VA.) 5
2/7 Ted Deutch REP. (D-FLA.) 1
1/31 Joseph Crowley REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/29 Joe Manchin III SEN. (D-W.VA.) 5
1/28 Gregory W. Meeks REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Mike Honda REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/28 Luis Gutierrez REP. (D-ILL.) 1
1/28 Louise Slaughter REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Lois Frankel REP. (D-FLA.) 1
1/28 John Delaney REP. (D-MD.) 1
1/28 Joaquin Castro REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
1/28 Jim Langevin REP. (D-R.I.) 1
1/28 Sander Levin REP. (D-MICH.) 1
1/28 Jan Schakowsky REP. (D-ILL.) 1
1/28 Henry C. "Hank" Jr. Johnson REP. (D-GA.) 1
1/28 Richard E. Neal REP. (D-MASS.) 1
1/28 Grace Meng REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Gene Green REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
1/28 Frederica Wilson REP. (D-FLA.) 1
1/28 Doris O. Matsui REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/28 David Scott REP. (D-GA.) 1
1/28 David Cicilline REP. (D-R.I.) 1
1/28 Danny K. Davis REP. (D-ILL.) 1
1/28 Chellie Pingree REP. (D-MAINE) 1
1/28 Sheila Jackson Lee REP. (D-TEXAS) 1
1/28 Brian Higgins REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
1/28 Sheldon Whitehouse SEN. (D-R.I.) 5
1/28 Terri A. Sewell REP. (D-ALA.) 1
1/28 Stephen F. Lynch REP. (D-MASS.) 1
1/28 Janice Hahn REP. (D-CALIF.) 1
1/28 Steny H. Hoyer REP. (D-MD.) 1
1/28 John Lewis REP. (D-GA.) 1
1/28 Cedric Richmond REP. (D-LA.) 1
1/13 Chris Van Hollen REP. (D-MD.) 1
12/12/13 Dianne Feinstein SEN. (D-CALIF.) 5
11/17 Kirsten E. Gillibrand SEN. (D-N.Y.) 5
11/11 Carolyn Maloney REP. (D-N.Y.) 1
11/8 Patty Murray SEN. (D-WASH.) 5
11/7 Mark Dayton GOV. (D-MINN.) 10
11/5 Tim Ryan REP. (D-OHIO) 1
11/2 Charles E. Schumer SEN. (D-N.Y.) 5
10/30 Barbara Boxer SEN. (D-CALIF.) 5
8/18 Dina Titus REP. (D-NEV.) 1
6/18 Claire McCaskill SEN. (D-MO.) 5

Martin O'Malley
7/24/15 Eric Swalwell REP. (D-CALIF.) 1

George II

(67,782 posts)
25. Pretty impressive list - you know what's really interesting is........
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:23 PM
Aug 2015

....if you go to the comprehensive Wikipedia list posted elsewhere in this thread (an expansion of your list), you'll discover that Hillary Clinton has been endorsed by the other Senator from Vermont, the Governor of Vermont, and even the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
28. Eighty-five endorsements before any other candidate had declared.
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:03 AM
Aug 2015

And only ten in the last two months.

H'uh. well, that's something. I'm not quite sure what, but it's something.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
3. I have been told that Democrats in Congress must, of course, endorse a D.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:27 PM
Aug 2015

So, feh. Anyway, if Liz Warren endorsed Hillary, it would not change my support of Bernie.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
17. I notice a distinct lack of any serious response to your question
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:10 PM
Aug 2015

so I'll take that as .. yes it must be true.

But I'd like to know more as to why, if you know.
How are Congressional Dems being obliged to 'endorse' Hillary?

Because Sanders is still technically an "Independent"? or?

dsc

(52,162 posts)
24. even if true
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:16 PM
Aug 2015

that still gives them 3 choices (Webb, Clinton, and O'Malley) and with one exception those who endorsed, endorsed Clinton.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
4. Please top Lying-by-Omission / Here are Bernie Sanders Endorsements (Wikipedia)
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 08:46 PM
Aug 2015
Bernie Sanders
Main article: Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016
Former state governors
Jesse Ventura, former governor of Minnesota, member of the Independence Party of Minnesota[209]
State executive officials
Doug Hoffer, Vermont Auditor of Accounts[210]
Dudley Dudley, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, 1984 Democratic nominee for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district, Democratic political activist[211]
Caroline French, former New Hampshire Executive Council member, Democratic activist from New Hampshire[84][212]

State and local legislators
Tim Ashe, Vermont State Senator[213]
Mollie Burke, Vermont State Representative[214]
Karen Clark, Minnesota State Representative[215]
Robin Chestnut-Tangerman, Vermont State Representative[214]
Amanda Curtis, Montana State Representative[216]
Susan Davis, Vermont State Representative[214]
Diana Gonzalez, Vermont State Representative[214]
Sandy Haas, Vermont State Representative[214]
Emily Hague, at-large Keene, New Hampshire City Councillor[217]
Troy Jackson, Maine Senator, former Maine Senate majority leader, Democratic National Committee member[218]
Juan Mendez, Arizona State Representative[219]
Christopher Pearson, Vermont State Representative[220]
Anthony Pollina, Vermont State Senator[214]
Amy Sheldon, Vermont State Representative[214]
David Zuckerman, Vermont State Senator[214]
Daryl Beall, former Iowa State Senator[221]
Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire State Senator[84]
Tom Hayden, activist, author and former California State Senator[222]
Mayors and other municipal leaders
Daryl Justin Finizio, mayor of New London, Connecticut[223]
Rod Sullivan, Johnson County, Iowa supervisor[224]
Internet, radio, and television personalities
Dan Carlin, political commentator, amateur historian, and podcaster[225]
John Fugelsang, comedian, political commentator, host of Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM Insight[226]
Thom Hartmann, radio host, author, former psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator[227]
Jim Hightower, columnist, political activist, and former commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture[228]
Mike Malloy, liberal radio broadcaster[227]
Bill Moyers, journalist, political commentator, and former White House Press Secretary[229]
Tyler Oakley, YouTube, television, and podcast personality, humorist, author and advocate[230]
David Pakman, host of The David Pakman Show syndicated on radio, television, and online[231]
Mike Papantonio, attorney and radio talk show host (Ring of Fire)[232]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., radio host, environmental activist, author, and attorney. Son of Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy, and nephew of John F. Kennedy.[233]
Sam Seder, radio & TV talk show host for Ring of Fire Radio and Majority.fm, fill-in host for MSNBC and Current's Countdown[233]
Bill Press, talk radio host, liberal political commentator and author, former chairman of the California Democratic Party[227]
Ed Schultz, political commentator, author, and television and radio host[234]
Cenk Uygur, internet host, former MSNBC contributor, and progressive political commentator[235]

Celebrities
Azealia Banks, Rapper, singer, and songwriter[236]
Lewis Black, comedian, author, playwright, social critic, and actor[237]
Dan Campbell, lead singer of The Wonder Years[238]
Julian Casablancas, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, lead singer of The Strokes[239]
David Crosby, singer-songwriter and musician[240]
Danny DeVito, actor, producer, and director[241]
Stanley Dural, Jr., better known as Buckwheat Zydeco, musician[242]
Mia Farrow, actress, activist, and former fashion model[243]
Deidre Hall, actress and activist[222]
Mimi Kennedy, actress, author, activist[222]
Rachelle Lefevre, Canadian actress, activist [244]
Justin Long, actor[245]
Brandon McCartney, better known as Lil B, rapper, record producer, author and motivational speaker.[246]
Anaïs Mitchell, singer-songwriter and musician[247]
Nicole Nelson, singer from The Voice[248]
Patton Oswalt, comedian, writer, and actor[249]
Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, DJ, music producer, rapper and songwriter[250]
Michael Render, better known as Killer Mike, hip-hop recording artist, activist, and half of Run the Jewels[251][252][253]
Mark Ruffalo, actor, director, producer and screenwriter[254]
Susan Sarandon, actress and activist[255]
Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actress[256]
Cole Sprouse, actor [257]
Tennessee Thomas, musician, model and actress[258][259][260][261]
Wil Wheaton, actor, writer and blogger.[262]
Lucinda Williams, singer-songwriter[263]
Neil Young, singer-songwriter and musician[264]
Individuals
Julia Barnes, former executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party[265]
Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, activist[266]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[267][268]
Larry Cohen, former president of the Communications Workers of America and founder of American Rights at Work[269][270]
Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK[271]
Glenn Greenwald, American lawyer, journalist, author, and co-editor of The Intercept[272]
Zaid Jilani, blogger and campaigner[273]
Daniel Kellison, television and film producer[274]
Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author, journalist, founder of climate change group 350.org[275]
David McReynolds, former Socialist Party USA presidential nominee (1980 & 2000), pacifist activist, former chair of the War Resisters League (1986–88)[276]
John Nichols, progressive journalist and author[277]
Annabel Park, documentary filmmaker, political activist and community volunteer[278]
Stanley Sheinbaum, American peace and human rights activist[279]
Richard Stallman, software freedom activist and computer programmer, founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation[280]
Bhaskar Sunkara, founder of Jacobin magazine[278]
Matt Taibbi, author and journalist[281]
Marianne Williamson, spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, founder of Project Angel Food[282]
Newspapers and other media
Addison County Independent[283]
Ring of Fire, American talk radio program hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder.[284]

Organizations
Democratic Socialists of America, democratic socialist organization and a member of Socialist International[285]
Friends of the Earth (US), non-governmental environmental organization [286]
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2222 in Massachusetts[287]
IBEW Local 159 in Madison, Wisconsin[287]
Lithographers Local One-L (Teamsters affiliate)[287]
The Middle Class Action Project, an organization that promotes Democratic policy [288]
Occupy Wall Street, protest movement against social and income inequality[289]
Progressive Democrats of America, a progressive political organization and political action committee[290]
Ready For Warren, coalition of progressive activists originally supporting a draft effort for Senator Elizabeth Warren (will change name to Ready To Fight)[291]
Socialist Alternative, a socialist political party and member of Committee for a Workers' International[292]
Tri-Valley Democratic Club (Tri-Valley, California)[293]
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, labor union[294]
Vermont National Education Association[287][295]
Vermont Progressive Party[213]
Vermont and South Carolina divisions of the AFL-CIO[296][297]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_for_the_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
8. Repeating a lie-by-omission, is still lying.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:11 PM
Aug 2015

but I'll trust DU folks to know your "complete list" is 99% bullshit.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
9. Maybe if you went to the site and read the article accompanying
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:16 PM
Aug 2015

the chart, you'd understand what Mr Silver is saying and why he is saying it. And then, take up your issues with him.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-endorsement-primary/

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
34. Please find out what that chart is about...
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 06:26 AM
Aug 2015

Before posting bullshit.

The point of the chart is not to document a beauty contest. It's to determine who has the deepest support in the national party infrastructure, because it can be predictive of the national primary outcome, especially combined with other factors. The endorsements you list are not included because they aren't relevent enough to that.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
38. LOL You just confirmed what we Bernie supporters have been saying. Party infrastructure DNC
Fri Aug 7, 2015, 10:00 PM
Aug 2015

are playing favorites. The list we have are not relevant enough - that is precious. And one of the big reasons we are not for Hillary. We are the little people - we are not relevant. We do not have $2,700 to get into her dinners - we are not relevant.

When Al Franken sent me an email asking for money for Hillary I emailed him back and told him to stop sending me junk mail.

When Amy Klobuchar played surrogate for Hillary I wrote her explaining why I did not agree and reminded her that she had refused to support either the TPA or the TPP but now she was supporting Hillary?

When I worked campaigns for JFK and McGovern they called us communists. I wonder is that better or worse than not being relevant?

Response to DonViejo (Reply #6)

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
27. She's doing it for her friend Netanyahu - or as she calls him, "Nutty-Buddy"
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:57 PM
Aug 2015

(Seriously, not a dig on Clinton, but some funny shit about Netanyahu)

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
33. None of those are US Representatives, US Senators, or state Governors
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 04:59 AM
Aug 2015

And the article quotes Cohen's, et al, research on how important those specific endorsements are.

George II

(67,782 posts)
11. Yeah, I tried to paste a table, too....doesn't work well
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 09:36 PM
Aug 2015

But here's a quick summary of Democratic endorsements (sans "points", just number of endorsements):

Hillary Clinton:

Governors: 7
Representatives: 90 (48% of Democrats)
Senators: 29 (66% of Democrats)

Total: 126

O'Malley:

Governors: 0
Representatives: 1 (0.5% of Democrats)
Senators: 0 (0% of Democrats)

Total: 1

Sanders:

Governors: 0
Representatives: 0 (0% of Democrats)
Senators: 0 (0% of Democrats)

Total: 0

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
18. Is it true that Congressional Dems are obliged to "endorse" Hillary?
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:11 PM
Aug 2015

I notice that question posed up-string has not been really answered satisfactorily.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
20. Then I'll take that as a "yes" they are obliged in some way
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:44 PM
Aug 2015

so it's silly to list their 'endorsements'

George II

(67,782 posts)
21. You can take it for whatever you want.
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:52 PM
Aug 2015

Do you think Senator Angus King is obliged in some way to endorse Senator Sanders? Will he do so?

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
22. I really don't care about Angus King, because that wasn't my question
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:03 PM
Aug 2015

It was a snarky distraction .. trying to dodge the question, by posing another.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. Your question was answered as best as someone who isn't a Congressional Democrat...
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:12 PM
Aug 2015

....can answer.

You might try calling the office of one of the ~120 Congressional Democrats who endorsed Hillary Clinton to ask him/her the rationale or "motive" behind such an endorsement.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
26. I may do just that, since I live in Oregon
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 11:44 PM
Aug 2015

I've got a number of Democratic office-holders in Congress.

I'll try to remember to keep you posted on what I find out,
or do another OP on it.

Thanks for the excellent suggestion

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
39. The endorsements Silver listed was current members of Congress and governors.
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 10:39 PM
Aug 2015

As far as members of Congress obliged to endorse Hillary, I saw one of Iowa's representatives had endorsed O'Malley and not all DNC Congressional members has endorsed. This doesn't say the DNC members are obliged to endorse Hillary.

postatomic

(1,771 posts)
16. Feel the lukewarm
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 10:09 PM
Aug 2015

Sorry to take a campaign battle cry and belittle it, but this is pretty damn significant. I really think that Senator Sanders, Independent, Vermont has reached his peak.

I'm a Wiki-contributor and I have a friend in Oregon that is supporting Sanders. I guess I could add her name to the Wiki List.

There is a difference between Endorsing and Supporting as the dialogue in the non-Wiki list points out.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
29. I could count on one hand the number of politicians whose endorsements I care about
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:17 AM
Aug 2015

And I could count on zero fingers the number who could tell me how to vote. That includes Bernie Sanders btw.

Whether congressional Democrats are required to endorse only a Democrat, I don't know, but I doubt it.

What I do suspect is that somebody from the Clinton mafia scurried around to every Democratic officeholder they could find, before Clinton declared her candidacy, and secured endorsements from them. Not that that's illegal, its probably smart politics. But I suspect that some of those early endorsers may be suffering buyers remorse by now and even more will in the future as the campaign turns even uglier.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
31. If all Democrat Congressional members are required to endorse a Democrat for president there is a
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:54 AM
Aug 2015

lack of endorsements so I doubt this is true. It seems strange in the Congressional body Bernie does not have an endorsement, makes you wonder why. This would be the same group a president is going to have to work with.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
32. So Donald Trump
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 02:20 AM
Aug 2015

doesn't even have 1 endorsement (within Congress) yet? Well, at least he has Dennis Rodman!

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