Is Hillary Clinton Beating Bernie To The Black Vote? Hillary To Meet With Congressional Black Caucus

[Cali_Democrat]

This will be Hillary's first trip to Congress since announcing her candidacy.

Bernie needs to step up his game in this regard if he truly wants to win the Democratic nomination and become President.

It's important to build bridges if you want to become President.

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Hillary Clinton will take a break from the presidential campaign trail next Tuesday to meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including the Congressional Black Caucus.

According to a Clinton official, the Democratic presidential frontrunner will also meet with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

The meetings with each of the caucuses come as Clinton seeks to rebuild the diverse coalition that propelled President Obama into the White House.

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) spokeswoman Candace Randle said that lawmakers and the Democratic presidential front-runner will "discuss the CBC’s agenda and policy issues impacting the African American community."
Clinton’s closed-press meetings with lawmakers will be her first visit to Capitol Hill since formally announcing her presidential campaign in April. However, her campaign team has been in contact with members of each of the caucuses since the start of her candidacy.

The 46-member CBC is made up almost entirely of House Democrats, with the exceptions of Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah). Two non-voting delegates, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands), are also part of the caucus.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/247102-hillary-to-meet-with-black-lawmakers

[wyldwolf]

1. She already did.

[Zenlitened]

2. I imagine Black voters are fully capable of evaluating a candidate...

...based on factors more nuanced than which candidate "got there first."

Heck, they might even make their analyses as individuals, not as a monolithic bloc ripe for the "getting."

Imagine that.

[Luminous Animal]

5. The thing is, Bernie is already there.

[uponit7771]

17. Portland Maine?! tia

[Luminous Animal]

20. What does that even mean? Bernie is on the Hill and he's worked with members of the Congressional

Black Caucus on many issues over the years.

[JaneyVee]

3. Important. Thanks for article.

[Luminous Animal]

4. You do realize that Bernie works with the CBC and it's members regularly, don't you?

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. Oopsie! n/t

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Why hasn't Bernie picked up a single congressional endorsement?

I mean...he works with these people.

Hillary has 106 right now.

Bernie has zero.

Oopsie!

[Number23]

9. Really?? I had no idea the numbers were that skewed.

All I keep hearing here is how "worried" the Hillary camp is about Sanders' campaign. And then numbers like this pop up and I think that anyone that thinks that Hillary is "worried" about Sanders is either incredibly biased or stupid.

But yeah, then I remember the DU meme that it's "too early" for polls and they "don't mean anything" -- unless they show Sanders losing to Hillary by smaller numbers today than he was losing to her a month or two ago. Then it's He's SURGING!@!1 He's SURGINNNNG!!1one

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Yep...

link:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/239559-2016-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president

[Number23]

12. Thanks for that. But this is from April. Do you think Bernie may have gotten some by now?

He still has plenty of time but damn, 106 to 0 is a pretty epic ass whipping.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. I know that he had no congressional endorsements as of Sunday

He was on one of those Sunday talk shows when a host asked him about the fact that he had no congressional endorsements.

BTW, if you scroll down after clicking the link, you can see it was last updated Jun 22.

[Number23]

15. Yep, you're right. I scrolled right past that.

it was last updated Jun 22.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. But has he addressed the entire caucus recently as a candidate...

like Hillary is about to do next week?

Maybe he has, maybe he hasn't. I don't know.

Exchanging emails with some co-workers is not the same as sitting down in a conference room and addressing everyone at the same time.

[sufrommich]

10. Many CBC members have already endorsed her:

Reps. Karen Bass (Calif.), Joyce Beatty (Ohio), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.), Danny Davis (Ill.), Alcee Hastings (Fla.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Hank Johnson (Ga.), John Lewis (Ga.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Charles Rangel (N.Y.), Cedric Richmond (La.), David Scott (Ga.), Terri Sewell (Ala.), Marc Veasey (Texas) and Frederica Wilson (Fla.).

[CTBlueboy]

19. 2008 all over again

Two names that look familiar on

Here is 2008 article on CBC endorsement

The Clinton supporters — among them, civil rights pioneer Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) — have said their endorsements didn’t hinge on race. Instead, they cited long-standing relationships with the Clintons, a respect for Hillary Clinton’s experience in national politics and, for some, geographical alliances with her in New York.

But now that Obama has won the Iowa caucuses and appears poised to do well in other early-primary states, some African-American lawmakers are pointing to the Clinton backers and calling them political opportunists who did not believe in the electability of a black candidate... (snip)

www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7948.html

[zappaman]

13. Sanders doesn't have a black vote yet.

But apparently that's not a problem.

[Luminous Animal]

21. Really. Because there are black voters all over the internet endorsing him. And black

grassroots organizations mobilizing for him. Presumably, if human beings are going to put that much energy into a candidate, they will vote for that candidate, as well.

[zappaman]

22. Like I said

No problem there whatsoever.

[99Forever]

16. Bernie's "game" is just fine.

This isn't politics as usual.

Senator Sanders is a honest man and a true populist. He speaks the voice of a movement, something Hillary will never be able to do, no matter how many "focus groups" they work or how many political guru advisors she hires. We the People have had our fill of "games," we want a leader we can TRUST to do what has been promised or go down FIGHTING trying.

No neoliberal fits that bill. None.

[Indepatriot]

18. Is there only one "Black Vote"? Are AAs a monolith who only vote in unison? Presumptive, no?

And perhaps a tad bigoted as well...

[McCamy Taylor]

23. Clinton already has huge chunks of the Dem base behind her.

She could lose the Latinos if a Latino candidate challenges her. As long as she and Castro are joined at the hip, no non Latino is a serious threat. She has the Black vote, unless she splits with Obama-extremely unlikely. Check for LGTB. Check for women.

Sanders will snag environmental groups. Asians could move his way. He is likely to snare Jewish Democrats. He will do well with the youth vote---they always wants something new that their parents did not have.

However, in the end, the Union vote will decide the outcome. So, I suspect that both candidates are hard at work behind the scenes courting the Unions. And that Unions will let this play out for a bit until they can see which candidate 1) offers then a better deal and 2) is most likely to be able to deliver on the deal.

[AgingAmerican]

24. She is hemorrhaging base

Lots of Hillary supporters are switching sides to Bernie's camp, but no Bernie supporters are switching to Hillarys.

His snowball has just started to roll. IT's going to be a long 8 months til the first primary.