If Hillary Clinton is such a hopeless candidate...

[brooklynite]

(she'll lose to Bernie; if she does win, the base won't be enthusiastic; Republicans will drag themselves to the polls to vote against her), why are politically saavy politicians, who's job is partly to understand politics so as to get elected, not recognizing that she's a loser and endorsing Bernie instead? Why have so many white, black, hispanic, liberal and moderate elected officials thrown in with Clinton?

[NCTraveler]

1. Something about fear. lol. nt.

[jeff47]

2. So you're asking why the people who brought us 2014 making a poor decision.

Hrm.....gonna have to think about that for a while.

[NurseJackie]

3. Stockholm Syndrome?

[Motown_Johnny]

4. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

She has raised lots of money from her banker friends (among others) and lots of politically saavy people know how to get their slice of that pie. The pollsters and the media most of all.


The officials have thrown in because there is no down side. If she wins then they were aboard early and if she tanks they can switch to Bernie and look like king makers.

[Ino]

5. Because Hillary keeps a revenge list, and Bernie doesn't.

There's no downside to not endorsing Bernie. He's not vindictive.

But one does not endorse Hillary at his/her own peril... and that's whether she wins or loses.

Cute story about Claire McCaskill, who endorsed Obama, but not surprisingly is endorsing Hillary this time...
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/195188-hillarys-hit-list

On one early draft of the hit list, each Democratic member of Congress was assigned a numerical grade from one to seven, with the most helpful to Hillary earning ones and the most treacherous drawing sevens. The set of sevens included Sens. John Kerry, Jay Rockefeller, Bob Casey, and Patrick Leahy, as well as Reps. Chris Van Hollen, Baron Hill, and Rob Andrews.

Yet even seven didn’t seem strong enough to quantify the betrayal of some onetime allies.

When the Clintons sat in judgment, Claire McCaskill got the seat closest to the fire. Bill and Hillary had gone all out for her when she ran for Senate in Missouri in 2006. But McCaskill seemed to forget that favor when NBC’s Tim Russert asked her whether Bill had been a great president, during a “Meet the Press” debate against then-Sen. Jim Talent in October 2006.

“He’s been a great leader,” McCaskill said of Bill, “but I don’t want my daughter near him.”

Instantly, McCaskill regretted her remark; the anguish brought her “to the point of epic tears,” according to a friend. She knew the comment had sounded much more deliberate than a forgivable slip of the tongue. So did Hillary, who immediately canceled a planned fundraiser for McCaskill.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/12/confidants-diary-clinton-wanted-to-keep-records-for-revenge/

Shortly before Hillary Clinton’s effort to pass health care reform died in the summer of 1994, the first lady asked a close friend and confidant for advice on “how best to preserve her general memories of the administration and of health care in particular.”

When asked why, according to the friend’s June 20, 1994, diary entry, Clinton said, “Revenge.”

[sonofspy777]

6. Yup in a nutshell- you said it not me.

(she'll lose to Bernie; if she does win, the base won't be enthusiastic; Republicans will drag themselves to the polls to vote against her),

[rtracey]

8. and what?

and they won't for Bernie? The republicans are going to support him are they? what progressive, socialist (a most hated word in GOPland) section of the agenda will the right wingers support? the healthcare for all? (GOP response...too much money, raises taxes on our rich people) the free college? (GOP response...too much money, raises taxes on our rich people), the take wallstreet for a long ride
(leave the gun, take the canolies) (GOP response...too much money, raises taxes on our rich people). Getting Big Money Out of Politics and Restoring Democracy (the constitution was written by GOD) .....do you see my point? yes, no...... the right wingers are going to vote against ANY democrat.....

[Eric J in MN]

7. Elected Democrats fundraise for each other and endorse each other.

Bernie Sanders was an Independent until recently, and so he did less of that than Hillary Clinton.