A day after she garnered resounding endorsements from Sybrina Fulton, Gabby Giffords, and Mark Kelly, Hillary has received a strong endorsement from the Brady Campaign.
When it comes to real national leadership on this issue there is so clearly one candidate that rises above all the others – Hillary Clinton. She fought alongside Brady when we passed the historic, lifesaving Brady Bill – Bernie Sanders voted against it. Hillary is the only Democratic candidate running for President who voted against the truly evil Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), the gun lobby-backed bill that gives the gun industry special protection from liability that no other industry enjoys. One of the ugliest pieces of special interest legislation in the last 20 years Bernie Sanders had a chance to vote against it, but he actually voted to help pass PLCAA.
Hillary Clinton is the only candidate who, as a member of Congress and national leader, has consistently put the safety of the American public ahead of the interests of the corporate gun lobby. If you truly want to see, finally, the historic change on this issue that we all want and deserve, there is clearly one candidate who deserves your vote – and that candidate is Hillary Clinton! The Brady Campaign endorses Hillary Clinton for President, now you can too. Sign onto our endorsement today!
The polls are making me a bit anxious. I’m also wondering if all of these endorsements actually mean much this time – it’s the year of anti-establishment candidates and these endorsement scream “establishment”. I still believe she is going to win the nomination, but I want it to be less difficult and close. I want the Bern to go away. Hillary 2016!
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I feel the same way, but Hillary and all who speak on her behalf have always said that this was going to be a battle. We’re ready. We have been ready for years.
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Because Iowa and New Hampshire allow non-Democrats to participate, Sanders isn’t going anywhere for a while. When you mention independents, many people think of swing voters–people who are very middle of the road. However, in recent years, it’s people on the fringes who identify as independent. In Sanders’ case, he will draw from Green Party, various Socialist parties, and some Libertarians. They relish the chance to muck up the Dem primary, just as the Tea Party will do to the Republican party.
That said, the methodology of some polls is highly questionable. Polling the caucuses in Iowa is particularly tricky. And the New Hampshire polls have fluctuated wildly all along, much as they did 8 years ago. Hillary won there, not because she got choked up in a bakery as CW says, but because she had a superior organization and ground game. That will be key this year as well.
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I do think Hillary’s Iowa operation is far superior to what it was in 2008, which is a major positive. Also, a lot of Sanders’ support there is coming from people who’ve never caucused before, so we’ll see. NH may be tougher to win because it’s practically a home state for Sanders.
Also, the demographics of those two states favor Sanders. Hillary’s support is more broad-based, which will come into play once we get to Nevada and SC.
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I for one am frustrated that the Democratic Party continues to concentrate the first two nominating contests of the season in states where the minority populations are so low. As a black American, I think the Democratic Party is drowning out the importance of minority votes. I am eager to vote for Hillary and will be casting my vote on March 1st.
I’m happy Hillary is going after Bernie. I think her campaign should’ve done it sooner, but I think Hillary is really bringing her A-game. On gun control. On how Bernie plans to pay for all of these plans he’s proposing. On women’s rights. And on who is going to be the best candidate to face the Republicans in November.
I am confident Hillary will be a fantastic president, but I think this election (like most elections) is an election about contrasts. Either we nominate the most qualified candidate for president in U.S. history, someone who is tested and can deliver results for all Americans. Or we nominate an unproven, untested, and inconsistent candidate and risk putting a Republican in the White House.
I am worried that our fundamental rights as American citizens — the right to vote, a woman’s right to choose, and civil rights — will go out the door if the Republicans take the White House. Hillary is the only candidate who can stop the Republicans.
However, I still think Hillary is in a great position and I am pulling for her every day. Keep the faith, all!
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Thank you for a well-grounded post, and your position favoring Hillary. Thanks Anthony.
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United Food and Commercial Workers just endorsed Hillary. That’s more boots on the ground! So these endorsements do matter.
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there are two candidate vying for the independent vote to win. Sanders and Trump. I don’t think both can win. I don’t put much stock in the polls. Same polls from 2012.
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