Why isn't Hillary mentioning that she has Robt. Kennedy Jr. and others of his family endorsing her

[glarius]

I have been puzzled by this. The Obama people keep mentioning the Ted and Caroline Kennedy endorsements. Hillary's people have been almost silent about Robert Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy and others in that family. Robert is a well known environmentalist besides being the son of a beloved Kennedy...Robert Sr. Wouldn't this endorsement be just about as helpful to Hillary as Obama's is to him?
P.S....I just want to add...They may be talking about it on the stump, but when anyone connected with her is on TV, I have never seen them take advantage of the opportunity to say something. They don't need to be blatant. Just something like "we are happy to have Robert or Kathleen etc. etc"...would be a smart move, since more people get there info from TV then anywhere else.

[maddiejoan]

1. RFK Jr

is currently stumping for her.

[glarius]

4. But we never see or hear of him on TV.

Don't you thin that she or her people should talk about this whenever they get air time. I doubt if most people are aware of this.

[Tarc]

8. Perhaps because Clinton values endorsements in a more dignified manner

thanking them for their support and letting them do what they wish in their own time, rather than pinning each endorsement on her sleeve like a trophy?

[maddiejoan]

9. As any Edwards supporter might attest

The Media only covers what IT wishes to cover.

[avrdream]

27. Exactly, maddie.

It's maddening, isn't it?

[maddiejoan]

2. dupe delete

[sunonmars]

3. She has and the media doesnt want to know

They have done everything to suggest all the Kennedys are for Obama and nothing hardly on the Other Kennedy's.

I think Hillary will bring it up tonight.

Robert is doing the leg work in Mass, Conneticut, NY and NJ this week stumping for Hillary.

[glarius]

6. It sounds like the media is purposely not reporting this then. IMO n/t

[robbedvoter]

It would look petty - and MSM wouldn't give this the same attention anyway

I think she's doing the right thing my not putting "my Kennedys against yours"

[glarius]

11. She wouldn't have to handle it like that.....She could say "I'm happy to have Robert etc."

n/t

[jillan]

5. I have been wondering too. RFK jr is a huge endorsement.

And I worry that the Ted Kennedy endorsement is going to hurt Obama in the GE.
The repugs hate him. (ted)

[Exultant Democracy]

7. Ted Caroline and Pat are far more high profile. Clinton does mention it, but the MSM doesn't care.

[killbotfactory]

10. She has mentioned it

Or her campaign has. Nobody really cared because it was old news.

[glarius]

15. Old news?

How can an endorsement be old news? I don't get it. :shrug:

[stillcool]

18. November of last year...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071129/NEWS/71129004/-1/NEWS04

Robert Kennedy Jr. endorses Hillary Clinton

ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 29, 2007

[glarius]

20. That's irrelevant. The point is he endorsed her...along with Kathleen and

Others in that family. IMO

[stillcool]

23. What is irrelevant?

I thought I was replying to 'old news'? Perhaps if her supporters would like to tout all the endorsements she's gotten over the last however many months they should do that. I don't watch the cable news shows so I don't know how they handle endorsements from the past vs. endorsements of the day.

[glarius]

25. I'm just saying whether it was November or yesterday, the thing is he endorsed her.

This is all irrelevant to me. I don't care if it's Hillary or Obama. I'm not a citizen and all I care is that a Democrat is elected for the sake of the rest of the world.

[Occam Bandage]

12. Because Ted Kennedy is about eight thousand times more important

than RFK Jr, and Caroline five thousand times more well-known than Kathleen. RFK Jr. has done many good things, but he's no Ted Kennedy.

[MediaBabe]

24. Caroline is well known, huh?

Quick - tell me one thing about her other than that she was a child in the White House. I bet 99% of the folks don't even know her last name.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. She's written a few best-selling books

and yes, she is well-known simply by virtue of who she is.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. Corporate mediawhores owned by the rightwing doesn't want you to know...they want Obama because they

know that if Obama is the Dem nom....they can keep the WH in 08....Obama can not win the General Election...very simple Rove plan.

[glarius]

29. I have been thinking this also. I can't see the south electing a Black person

and the Republicans know this and are hoping he is the candidate. I have been loathe to say this, but since you said it (if I read you right) I'll say it. I hope I'm wrong about the south, but that's the way it seems to me.

[Alexander]

14. Because RFK Jr. just wants her Senate seat. He already said so.

Hardly a ringing endorsement.

[maximusveritas]

16. Really? Do you have a link?

I had heard that might be the case, but I didn't know he'd said so.

[Alexander]

34. Yep, here it is. "If Hillary left the Senate, I might run for that seat."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2557909,00.html

"Kennedy Jr is the third of Bobby Kennedy’s 11 children, and at 53 is best known as an environmental activist. He has never previously run for office, but he told Oprah Winfrey in an interview to be published next month in O, the chat show presenter’s magazine: “If Hillary left the Senate, I might run for that seat.”"

[Bucky]

37. Yes, but you notice he didn't specify what he meant by "that seat".

[Alexander]

51. It seemed pretty obvious to me. He means Hillary's senate seat.

What other "seat" would open up if Hillary Clinton leaves the Senate? None that I can think of.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Because RFK Jr.'s embarassing?

The guy's a kook. He's at the shallow end of that gene pool.

[redqueen]

21. Why do you say he's a kook? Seriously...

:wtf:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

46. The mercury in vaccines nonsense.

He's way out there.

[redqueen]

47. How is he out there?

What'd he say about the mercury that used to be in vaccines that was so "out there"?

:shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

48. That it's sapping our precious bodily fluids.

That's why we should only use whiskey and rain water in vaccines.

[redqueen]

50. Right.

I guess I should have expected as much.

[glarius]

22. He has been up here in Canada many times and I have been impressed

with his knowledge and sincerity. I don't believe he is a kook.

[sandnsea]

31. Well no, except to DLC centrists n/t

[redqueen]

19. Oh HELL yes! Robert's endorsement speaks VOLUMES about which is the better on the environment.

:wow:

She really should tout that one at least!

[sandnsea]

30. Except she's not

Obama has the better environmental record. This is pure politics for her Senate seat, which belonged to his father.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4303944

[redqueen]

32. Sorry... I don't go by ratings or scorecards... they're useless.

I was basing my opinion on his Energy Bill vote and his support for the nuclear industry & clean coal.

[sandnsea]

38. He's a co-sponsor to Boxer-Sanders Global Warming Act

He supports nuclear if local safe storage methods can be developed, same with coal. He has those ratings because he's earned them.

http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/07/30/obama_factsheet/

[redqueen]

41. Votes... not sponsorship...

[sandnsea]

42. Without a mandate for real change

the kind of piecemeal legislation that we got with the Energy Bill is all we're ever going to get. That's the entire point of his campaign. With Hillary, you're going to get warmed around the edges centrism and partisan battles. You have to have a transformational politics to move people to support real change.

[MBS]

35. you got that right n/t

[sandnsea]

28. Why doesn't she tout RFK's endorsement?

Hmmm, that speaks volumes about Hillary Clinton, doesn't it. Hmmm, maybe she's embarrassed to have a "lefty loon" speak for her, because I can't imagine any other reason to ignore him the way she does.

[redqueen]

36. Or maybe she does, but it's not front page, above-the-fold worthy.

Kinda like Edwards' second place finish in IA.

Are you sure she doesn't?

[sandnsea]

44. campaign ads are easy to find

If there's one on her web site, I'm sure you could find it.

It is not Obama's fault that John Edwards didn't catch fire. The hatred Edwards' supporters have had for him has always been irrational. He has a lifetime record of working with the poor and passing legislation to help the poor. There is no logical reason for anyone to think he's the enemy of John Edwards' cause.

[redqueen]

45. I honestly just don't care enough to look...

I'm not voting for either in the primary... they're so similar, and I don't know which has the advantage in the GE.

I appreciate your passionate and mature support for Obama... and his record in Illinois... I remember he did help people on welfare... so maybe... I don't know... I might change my mind about voting for one of them. But as of now I'm solidly on the fence.

[MediaBabe]

33. Over 200 prominent Democrats have endorsed Clinton

As fun as it is, she can't keep naming them over and over. Some of them were right there to endorse her early.

Here's a link to read all their wonderful names:

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html

You'll notice that in spite of all the hype Obama has only half the endorsements Clinton has.

[redqueen]

52. "in spite of all the hype Obama has only half the endorsements Clinton has"

*sigh*

Is it just me? Or is the media building him up?

[glarius]

54. I think the corporate media wants Obama because they don't think he can win.

I have noticed how they are lavish in their praise of him also. I'm not a citizen and only care that a Democrat....any Democrat is your new President. It looks to me as if the media are hoping to have Obama run against the Republican candidate because they know that he will never be accepted by the southern voters. I hope I am wrong but that's how it looks to me.

[redqueen]

56. Maybe...

I'm so torn up over it... I live and work around just about 100% repubs, and they all say the same shit... Hillary will energize repugs (either the evangelicals who wouldn't otherwise vote for mccain, or the moderates who wouldn't otherwise vote for romney)...

But then they turn around and say that a minority candidate has zero chance.

They've started acting cocky since Edwards bowed out, and it's got me a little worried.

[glarius]

57. I can understand your feelings. It must be so difficult to know what to do.

Know that we up here are with you and wish you the best.:loveya:

[goodgd_yall]

39. I'm wondering about that too.

[bigwillq]

40. It's been mentioned

I've heard it many times by Clinton Supporters like Meek and Bayh

[aka-chmeee]

43. Maybe she wants to spare him from being crucified

here on DU by the Obamaniacs.

[ErnestoG]

49. Because it will make all her bots flipping boogers at Ted Kennedy out to look like idiots

ayup.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. She doesn't brag. Obama does. nt

[Alexander]

55. She has nothing to brag about. Obama does.