Women’s Group Dismisses Obama Endorsement In Key Senate Primary

[DonViejo]

“I wasn’t expecting it,” says EMILY’s List president Stephanie Schriock. “This is all part of the D.C. campaign. The real campaign is in Hawaii.”

posted on April 3, 2014 at 7:33pm EDT

Ruby Cramer
BuzzFeed Staff

When President Obama endorsed Brian Schatz in the Hawaii Senate primary earlier this week over the female candidate challenging him, the head of the high-powered women’s group EMILY’s List was surprised but not worried.

“I wasn’t expecting it,” said Stephanie Schriock, the president of the group, which works to recruit and elect Democratic, pro-choice female candidates.

In a Wednesday afternoon interview, Schriock said she didn’t anticipate the Obama endorsement would move votes in the primary race. “I feel like this is all part of the D.C. campaign,” she said. “The real campaign is in Hawaii.”

Obama’s rare primary endorsement, first reported by the Huffington Post on Monday morning, was an unanticipated boon to Schatz, the senator appointed to office in December of 2012 after the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye.

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[Tx4obama]

1. I'm a woman and I'd endorse Schatz over Colleen Hanabusa just like Obama did...

Colleen Hanabusa, bio - Controversies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_Hanabusa#Controversies

Brian Schatz, bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Schatz

[4lbs]

2. Why didn't EMILY's list do the same type of background check?

Or is their agenda boiled down to just a two item checklist?

1.) Woman?

2.) Pro-Choice?


If #1 AND #2 = true, then EMILY's List support = true.

Else, EMILY's List support = false.