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MrWendel
MrWendel's Journal
MrWendel's Journal
February 17, 2016
By First Amendment
The latest NBC/SM weekly national polling has a couple of ominous warning signs for the Sanders campaign and great news for the Clinton campaign.
The Clinton campaign support among African Americans is holding nicely and as the polling graph below confirms, her support in the African American community has actually increased since Sanders blowout win in New Hampshire and is trending upwards.
More importantly, among African American millennials Clinton holds a sizable lead. Sanders income inequality platform has resonated among white millennials, but hasn't among young African Americans.
Why? I believe African Americans are interested in income equality, but they also know this isn't the cure all for the systemic racial problems in their communities.
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This brings me to Cornel West and his recent piece in Politico.
Having surrogates like Cornell West, who called the President a neoliberal in this piece, is not helping Sanders outreach. It may fire up his loyal revolutionary base, but it won't help with African American voters.
I wonder if Sanders thinks West’s thoughts on Obama are a "low blow”?
www.politico.com/...
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Clinton Leads African American Millennials 64%-25%, Overall 73%-16%. Sanders Cornel West Problem.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/16/1486070/-Clinton-Leads-African-American-Millennials-64-25-Overall-73-16-Sanders-Cornel-West-ProblemBy First Amendment
The latest NBC/SM weekly national polling has a couple of ominous warning signs for the Sanders campaign and great news for the Clinton campaign.
The Clinton campaign support among African Americans is holding nicely and as the polling graph below confirms, her support in the African American community has actually increased since Sanders blowout win in New Hampshire and is trending upwards.
More importantly, among African American millennials Clinton holds a sizable lead. Sanders income inequality platform has resonated among white millennials, but hasn't among young African Americans.
Why? I believe African Americans are interested in income equality, but they also know this isn't the cure all for the systemic racial problems in their communities.
::
This brings me to Cornel West and his recent piece in Politico.
Having surrogates like Cornell West, who called the President a neoliberal in this piece, is not helping Sanders outreach. It may fire up his loyal revolutionary base, but it won't help with African American voters.
I wonder if Sanders thinks West’s thoughts on Obama are a "low blow”?
www.politico.com/...
In the age of Barack Obama, this battle remained latent, with dissenting voices vilified. As a black president, Obama has tended to talk progressive but walk neoliberal in the face of outrageous right-wing opposition.
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February 17, 2016
By First Amendment
The latest NBC/SM weekly national polling has a couple of ominous warning signs for the Sanders campaign and great news for the Clinton campaign.
The Clinton campaign support among African Americans is holding nicely and as the polling graph below confirms, her support in the African American community has actually increased since Sanders blowout win in New Hampshire and is trending upwards.
More importantly, among African American millennials Clinton holds a sizable lead. Sanders income inequality platform has resonated among white millennials, but hasn't among young African Americans.
Why? I believe African Americans are interested in income equality, but they also know this isn't the cure all for the systemic racial problems in their communities.
::
This brings me to Cornel West and his recent piece in Politico.
Having surrogates like Cornell West, who called the President a neoliberal in this piece, is not helping Sanders outreach. It may fire up his loyal revolutionary base, but it won't help with African American voters.
I wonder if Sanders thinks West’s thoughts on Obama are a "low blow”?
www.politico.com/...
(More in link)
Clinton Leads African American Millennials 64%-25%, Overall 73%-16%. Sanders Cornel West Problem.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/16/1486070/-Clinton-Leads-African-American-Millennials-64-25-Overall-73-16-Sanders-Cornel-West-ProblemBy First Amendment
The latest NBC/SM weekly national polling has a couple of ominous warning signs for the Sanders campaign and great news for the Clinton campaign.
The Clinton campaign support among African Americans is holding nicely and as the polling graph below confirms, her support in the African American community has actually increased since Sanders blowout win in New Hampshire and is trending upwards.
More importantly, among African American millennials Clinton holds a sizable lead. Sanders income inequality platform has resonated among white millennials, but hasn't among young African Americans.
Why? I believe African Americans are interested in income equality, but they also know this isn't the cure all for the systemic racial problems in their communities.
::
This brings me to Cornel West and his recent piece in Politico.
Having surrogates like Cornell West, who called the President a neoliberal in this piece, is not helping Sanders outreach. It may fire up his loyal revolutionary base, but it won't help with African American voters.
I wonder if Sanders thinks West’s thoughts on Obama are a "low blow”?
www.politico.com/...
In the age of Barack Obama, this battle remained latent, with dissenting voices vilified. As a black president, Obama has tended to talk progressive but walk neoliberal in the face of outrageous right-wing opposition.
(More in link)
February 16, 2016
Donald Trump holds a broad 16-point lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary this Saturday, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points in the state's Democratic primary, which will be held a week later...
South Carolina primary: CNN/ORC poll full results
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In South Carolina, big leads on both sides
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/south-carolina-poll-cnn-orc/index.htmlDonald Trump holds a broad 16-point lead among those likely to vote in South Carolina's Republican primary this Saturday, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton tops Bernie Sanders by 18 points in the state's Democratic primary, which will be held a week later...
South Carolina primary: CNN/ORC poll full results
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February 16, 2016
By Lysis
Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with some new policy proposals rolled out by the campaign.
Here are all of the details on Clinton’s new set of economic policy proposals: the “Break Every Barrier Agenda.”
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Hillary News & Views 2.16: Economic Agenda, Systemic Racism, and John Lewis
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/16/1485972/-Hillary-News-Views-2-16-Economic-Agenda-Systemic-Racism-and-John-LewisBy Lysis
Today’s Hillary News & Views begins with some new policy proposals rolled out by the campaign.
Here are all of the details on Clinton’s new set of economic policy proposals: the “Break Every Barrier Agenda.”
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February 16, 2016
By Joesph C. Wilson, Retired Ambassador
I first met Hillary Clinton in 1997 while I was the Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. The First Lady was best known at that time for leading the fight for health care reform, and her strong advocacy on behalf of minorities, children and women. Though new at the time to foreign policy, she had electrified the world in Beijing in 1995 when she declared at a United Nations conference: "Women's rights are human rights."
She was keenly interested in Africa, having recently returned from a visit there. Moved by that experience, she became a valued and persuasive partner in convincing President Bill Clinton to travel there the following year. It was an historic, substantive and precedent-setting trip: six countries over eleven days, the longest period of time the President spent outside the country during his tenure.
In South Africa, Nelson Mandela, a hero to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, took them to see his jail cell on Robben Island, where he had broken rocks for 27 years as a convicted terrorist. The symbolism of his transition from prisoner to beloved liberator, leader and statesman was lost on nobody. No wonder Hillary Clinton has called him her most inspirational international leader.
Our last stop, Dakar, Senegal, was dedicated to African-Americans and the contributions they have made to American society, culture and economic achievement. Standing at the infamous "Door of No Return" at the House of Slaves on Goree Island, we were all touched by the terrible circumstances that had brought Africans to American shores in chains centuries ago.
Hillary Had My Back
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/hillary-had-my-back_b_9243038.htmlBy Joesph C. Wilson, Retired Ambassador
I first met Hillary Clinton in 1997 while I was the Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. The First Lady was best known at that time for leading the fight for health care reform, and her strong advocacy on behalf of minorities, children and women. Though new at the time to foreign policy, she had electrified the world in Beijing in 1995 when she declared at a United Nations conference: "Women's rights are human rights."
She was keenly interested in Africa, having recently returned from a visit there. Moved by that experience, she became a valued and persuasive partner in convincing President Bill Clinton to travel there the following year. It was an historic, substantive and precedent-setting trip: six countries over eleven days, the longest period of time the President spent outside the country during his tenure.
In South Africa, Nelson Mandela, a hero to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, took them to see his jail cell on Robben Island, where he had broken rocks for 27 years as a convicted terrorist. The symbolism of his transition from prisoner to beloved liberator, leader and statesman was lost on nobody. No wonder Hillary Clinton has called him her most inspirational international leader.
Our last stop, Dakar, Senegal, was dedicated to African-Americans and the contributions they have made to American society, culture and economic achievement. Standing at the infamous "Door of No Return" at the House of Slaves on Goree Island, we were all touched by the terrible circumstances that had brought Africans to American shores in chains centuries ago.
February 16, 2016
By Joesph C. Wilson, Retired Ambassador
I first met Hillary Clinton in 1997 while I was the Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. The First Lady was best known at that time for leading the fight for health care reform, and her strong advocacy on behalf of minorities, children and women. Though new at the time to foreign policy, she had electrified the world in Beijing in 1995 when she declared at a United Nations conference: "Women's rights are human rights."
She was keenly interested in Africa, having recently returned from a visit there. Moved by that experience, she became a valued and persuasive partner in convincing President Bill Clinton to travel there the following year. It was an historic, substantive and precedent-setting trip: six countries over eleven days, the longest period of time the President spent outside the country during his tenure.
In South Africa, Nelson Mandela, a hero to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, took them to see his jail cell on Robben Island, where he had broken rocks for 27 years as a convicted terrorist. The symbolism of his transition from prisoner to beloved liberator, leader and statesman was lost on nobody. No wonder Hillary Clinton has called him her most inspirational international leader.
Our last stop, Dakar, Senegal, was dedicated to African-Americans and the contributions they have made to American society, culture and economic achievement. Standing at the infamous "Door of No Return" at the House of Slaves on Goree Island, we were all touched by the terrible circumstances that had brought Africans to American shores in chains centuries ago.
(More in link)
Hillary Had My Back
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/hillary-had-my-back_b_9243038.htmlBy Joesph C. Wilson, Retired Ambassador
I first met Hillary Clinton in 1997 while I was the Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. The First Lady was best known at that time for leading the fight for health care reform, and her strong advocacy on behalf of minorities, children and women. Though new at the time to foreign policy, she had electrified the world in Beijing in 1995 when she declared at a United Nations conference: "Women's rights are human rights."
She was keenly interested in Africa, having recently returned from a visit there. Moved by that experience, she became a valued and persuasive partner in convincing President Bill Clinton to travel there the following year. It was an historic, substantive and precedent-setting trip: six countries over eleven days, the longest period of time the President spent outside the country during his tenure.
In South Africa, Nelson Mandela, a hero to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, took them to see his jail cell on Robben Island, where he had broken rocks for 27 years as a convicted terrorist. The symbolism of his transition from prisoner to beloved liberator, leader and statesman was lost on nobody. No wonder Hillary Clinton has called him her most inspirational international leader.
Our last stop, Dakar, Senegal, was dedicated to African-Americans and the contributions they have made to American society, culture and economic achievement. Standing at the infamous "Door of No Return" at the House of Slaves on Goree Island, we were all touched by the terrible circumstances that had brought Africans to American shores in chains centuries ago.
(More in link)
February 16, 2016
In the wake of the first two nominating contests, Hillary Clinton is maintaining her lead over Bernie Sanders nationally in the past week, dropping a single percentage point to 50 percent. Sanders picked up a point to lower the difference to 10 points among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters.
Although the numbers have remained relatively stable, the national margin between Clinton and Sanders is now at the lowest it has been in 7 weeks. These results are from the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll conducted online from Feb 8-14 among a national sample of 13,129 adults including 11,417 who are registered to vote.
After a 22-point victory for Sanders in New Hampshire last Tuesday, a third of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters now think Sanders will win the eventual nomination. However, 66 percent still think Clinton will win. This 34-point margin is down from 44 points just last week and is the smallest it has been since the beginning of our tracking poll in January.
Though Sanders may have gained momentum from his virtual tie with Clinton in Iowa and his large victory in New Hampshire, the candidates have rapidly shifted their focus to the next Democratic contests: a caucus in Nevada on Feb. 20 and a primary in South Carolina on the 27th. These are the first states where the Democratic electorate will consist of a more diverse racial makeup.
Iowa and New Hampshire are racially homogenous—with entrance and exit polls showing that over 90 percent of the Democratic electorates in each state were white. In Nevada, the 2008 entrance poll data shows that 15 percent of Democratic caucus goers were Hispanic and another 15 percent were black. In South Carolina, 55 percent of Democratic primary voters were black, according to NBC News exit polls.
(More with charts in link)
NBC Poll: Clinton maintains national lead after NH loss
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nbc-poll-clinton-maintains-national-lead-after-nh-lossIn the wake of the first two nominating contests, Hillary Clinton is maintaining her lead over Bernie Sanders nationally in the past week, dropping a single percentage point to 50 percent. Sanders picked up a point to lower the difference to 10 points among Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters.
Although the numbers have remained relatively stable, the national margin between Clinton and Sanders is now at the lowest it has been in 7 weeks. These results are from the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll conducted online from Feb 8-14 among a national sample of 13,129 adults including 11,417 who are registered to vote.
After a 22-point victory for Sanders in New Hampshire last Tuesday, a third of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters now think Sanders will win the eventual nomination. However, 66 percent still think Clinton will win. This 34-point margin is down from 44 points just last week and is the smallest it has been since the beginning of our tracking poll in January.
Though Sanders may have gained momentum from his virtual tie with Clinton in Iowa and his large victory in New Hampshire, the candidates have rapidly shifted their focus to the next Democratic contests: a caucus in Nevada on Feb. 20 and a primary in South Carolina on the 27th. These are the first states where the Democratic electorate will consist of a more diverse racial makeup.
Iowa and New Hampshire are racially homogenous—with entrance and exit polls showing that over 90 percent of the Democratic electorates in each state were white. In Nevada, the 2008 entrance poll data shows that 15 percent of Democratic caucus goers were Hispanic and another 15 percent were black. In South Carolina, 55 percent of Democratic primary voters were black, according to NBC News exit polls.
(More with charts in link)
February 16, 2016
By wdrath
Here's an interesting New York Times article focusing on the important role of Latinos and Latinas in both Bernie and Hillary's campaigns in this year's Nevada caucuses.
The story delves into the motivations between the supporters of both.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/us/politics/young-latinos-power-both-democrats-in-nevada-caucus-campaign.html
Buried down in the story, however, is an interesting statistic:
“Mrs. Clinton opened her first campaign office in the state in April, six months before Mr. Sanders, and claims 7,000 volunteers to his 2,000.” (Bernie’s campaign says they are trying to make up the difference with paid advertising.)
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Hillary Reported to Have 7,000 Nevada Volunteers to Bernie's 2,000
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485762/-Here-s-a-Twist-Hillary-Reported-to-have-7-000-Nevada-volunteers-to-Bernie-s-2-000By wdrath
Here's an interesting New York Times article focusing on the important role of Latinos and Latinas in both Bernie and Hillary's campaigns in this year's Nevada caucuses.
The story delves into the motivations between the supporters of both.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/us/politics/young-latinos-power-both-democrats-in-nevada-caucus-campaign.html
Buried down in the story, however, is an interesting statistic:
“Mrs. Clinton opened her first campaign office in the state in April, six months before Mr. Sanders, and claims 7,000 volunteers to his 2,000.” (Bernie’s campaign says they are trying to make up the difference with paid advertising.)
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February 15, 2016
By Inkin
As you may recall, Hillary visited Flint, Michigan, shortly before the New Hampshire primary. Politico reports that three local religious leaders, Revs. Hubert Miller and Al Harris, and Bishop Rogers L. Jones Sr., have endorsed Clinton as a result.
The Clinton campaign is also encouraging campaign volunteers to aid Red Cross and United Way in distributing water, and Clinton is requesting that Pres. Obama issue a Medicaid waiver to Michigan to allow Flint residents under 21 to receive universal Medicaid coverage.
Hillary Clinton Gets Flint Endorsements
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485609/-Hillary-Clinton-Gets-Flint-EndorsementsBy Inkin
As you may recall, Hillary visited Flint, Michigan, shortly before the New Hampshire primary. Politico reports that three local religious leaders, Revs. Hubert Miller and Al Harris, and Bishop Rogers L. Jones Sr., have endorsed Clinton as a result.
“Secretary Clinton has certainly aided us in bringing added political attention to our plight in the city of Flint,” Miller said in a statement released by the campaign, “causing other politicians to move legislation on this subject, and vowing to do everything within her power to assist Flint in recovering from this sinful social experiment we call the Flint Water Crisis.”
Harris added that Clinton did not use the water crisis as a “platform to further her political agenda,” but rather brought her own spotlight to shine light on the problem. “Her voice was more than that of a politician,” he said, “it was the voice of a humanitarian.”
The Clinton campaign is also encouraging campaign volunteers to aid Red Cross and United Way in distributing water, and Clinton is requesting that Pres. Obama issue a Medicaid waiver to Michigan to allow Flint residents under 21 to receive universal Medicaid coverage.
February 15, 2016
By Motorized
Yesterday, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post explained the divide between President Obama and Bernie Sanders.
The day after Bernie won the NH primaries, Obama said that voters...
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Obama doesn't like Bernie Sanders, Ruth Marcus explains
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/15/1485583/-Obama-doesn-t-like-Bernie-Sanders-Ruth-Marcus-explainsBy Motorized
Yesterday, Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post explained the divide between President Obama and Bernie Sanders.
The day after Bernie won the NH primaries, Obama said that voters...
"instinctively know that issues are more complicated than rehearsed sound bites." They "understand the difference between realism and idealism." They possess "the maturity to know what can and cannot be compromised, and to admit the possibility that the other side just might have a point."
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