Hillary's PAC Donates $500,000 To House And Senate Candidates
This is pretty impressive: Hillary's political action committee has now donated a half-million bucks to House and Senate Dem candidates across the country, a Hillary aide tells us.
The Hillary aide adds that Hillary and her PAC, which is called HillPac, has donated the $500,000 in cash to over 75 Dem candidates in over 30 states across the country.
HillPac had largely been out of business while she ran for President. But late last month, Hillary reactivated the PAC with an initial round of donations of about $75,000 in checks to 14 candidates across the country.
Now that Hillary has hit the half-million mark in donations, it's yet another sign that Hillary, after being temporarily sidelined by her loss to Obama, has returned to electoral politics in a big way.
Bravo, Hillary!
October 23, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
You took the words right from my finger tips...
October 23, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow - wow.
Wowee wow.
Does this mean she's paid off her debt, I hope?
Damn Hillary - you are one hell of a stand-up Democrat! You have totally won me. Now just dump the flag-burning and rap lyrics-video game shit, and you will be the Empress of the Senate, AFAIC.
October 23, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep Tena. I begin is see her more as a person with both fallacies and merits. Even during the primary I was amazed by her determination and never say quit attitude.
I agree with you point in another thread. In Hindsight, I thank her for gettting Barack fully prepared with a long and ardous primary.
Eventually, she helped Obama in showcasing his strengths and deflating his weaknesses.
October 23, 2008 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Am I the only one thinking about the final song from the Breakfast Club? "Don't you... forget about me..."
I mean, yes, it's great and all that. But is Hillary thinking that those people should remember who gave them that 75,000 when the time comes for favors?
October 23, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well d'uh.
That's the name of the game in politics.
October 23, 2008 5:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jesus Christ. Give it a rest.
No wonder Hillary supporters get angry with Obama supporters.
October 23, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
You should have ended the post after the song lyrics--it would have been funny and have gotten your point across.
FYI, every buck I donated to Obama had the implicit red pen on the dollar saying "beat J. McCain". (a couple of times I might have written 'carbon neutral' or 'energy independence' or even 'be ethical!' but otherwise, yeah, beat McCain.)
October 23, 2008 5:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, of course. Hillary is back to campaigning for her long term political career. It's good to have others owe you favors.
The art of politics is to appear magnanimous and generous while furthering your own needs.
Nixon came back in 1968 by campaigning his guts out in 1966. A lot of people ended up owing him favors. Study history. Apparently the Clintons do.
Do I think this act is selfless? No.
Do I think that judgment matters for fueling the campaigns? No.
October 23, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Man,please let go. She has done a remarkable job in the last couple of months. Irrespective of her movtives, this will serve well for the down ballots.
This reminds me of time's front page poll: Hillary Clintom 1)Love 2)Hate.
But I hope because of her grace in defeat, people will stop measuring her in such B/W terms.
October 23, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rasmussen Minnesota Poll: Obama 56 McCain 41
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/minnesota/election_2008_minnesota_presidential_election
October 23, 2008 5:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Hillary continues to help push the Congressional Democrats to a super-majority in the Senate, we may just end up with my personal wish; Obama as President and Hillary's healthcare plan.
Go Hillary!!
October 23, 2008 5:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now that would be interesting. I've never been so gung-ho for Obama's plan. And the thing is, it's gotta get through the house and senate. And if Hillary's a champ there, then......
October 23, 2008 5:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
It would also help with my personal wish to see the Senate Democratic Caucus pick up Joe Lieberman, carry him to the nearest door and physically hurl his ass down those marble stairs and onto the asphalt the first time he saunters into a post-election caucus meeting.
I'd just about be willing to give up universal health care for that.
October 23, 2008 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Co-sign. I wouldn't give up single-payer, but I'd pay plenty to personally witness it.
October 23, 2008 6:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm on the Single Payer bus myself. I think a healthcare system that's run as well as the administration piece of Social Security would be a vast improvement over the hordes of corporate claims deniers we struggle with now.
October 23, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Co-sign. I wish that fit on a bumper sticker.
October 23, 2008 6:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Single payer is the only way to go. I know a lot of people on Medicare and it works great for them. Many prefer it to the private insurance they had before. The doctors and hospitals I've dealt with like Medicare because they know exactly which procedures are covered and how to appeal if they're not (as opposed to the guessing game with so many different private plans.) And they know they'll get paid.
Medicare has flaws but it's less flawed than private insurance. If everybody - including members of Congress and other federal workers - were under the same system, I bet a lot of the flaws would get fixed.
Single payer, universal health care is far more cost effective than the current situation with rising premiums, declining coverage, and so many un- or under-insured. Not to mention the paperwork hassles for providers when every insurance company requires different documentation.
The primary argument against "socialized medicine" is "you don't want the government making your health care decisions for you." Frankly, I think that's much better than having insurance companies - who are motivated by profit and nothing else - making those decisions.
October 24, 2008 3:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Rasmussen Georgia Poll: McCain 51 Obama 46
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/georgia/election_2008_georgia_presidential_election
McCain's lead in Georgia is down to just 5 points. With the heavy early voting push by the Obama campaign there, who knows what can happen there.
October 23, 2008 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sweet. Make'em sweat!
October 23, 2008 6:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I feel good about the donation I sent to Hillary after she announced the "Hillary Sent Me" initiative.
October 23, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
$50 of that is mine! :) $25 after her convention speech, and $25 after she sent me the "Hillary Sent Me" the email with the two videos, in one of which she asks her listeners to imagine coming up just short on november 4.
i loved hillary for the longest time, then i started to dislike her intensely by june 2008. the love is back.
October 23, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I sent her $50 just minutes after her speech at the DNC.
October 23, 2008 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm still not happy over the primary, but very nice Hillary. We need to fund the down ticket races better!
October 23, 2008 6:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Atta girl, Hillary!
October 23, 2008 6:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Black Voters Surging to Polls in the South:
AP Data on Early Voting by Black Voters
North Carolina: Blacks make up 31 percent of early voters so far, even though they're just 21 percent of the population and made up only 19 percent of state's overall 2004 vote.
Democrats are outvoting the GOP by a margin of 2.5-to-1 in North Carolina, where early voting has been under way for a week. That's roughly double the margin from 2004.
More than 210,000 blacks who are registered as Democrats have cast early ballots in the Tar Heel State - compared with roughly 174,000 registered Republicans overall.
Georgia: Roughly 36 percent of the early voters are black in Georgia, outpacing their 30 percent proportion of the state's population and their 25 percent share of the 2004 vote.
Louisiana: More than 31 percent of the early voters are black, and Democrats are topping Republicans nearly 2-to-1.
Florida: Nearly 55 percent of early voters are registered Democrats - well above their 41 percent share of the electorate in the Sunshine State.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EARLY_VOTING?SITE=NVREN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
http://thepage.time.com/ap-data-on-early-voting-by-black-voters/
October 23, 2008 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow! Blessed, blessed, blessed be. I wanna believe the repugs never anticipated this and their election-stealing models are trash.
I wanna believe.
October 23, 2008 6:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have had issues with Hillary but I think what she has done now is showing the true person she can be.
The idea of anyone comparing Palin, (the true DUMB BLOND - even though she is not blond just DUMB) is about as insulting as it can get.
I hate to think of the idea that the great state of Alaska is having to get Palin back, but it is better than the rest of the United States having her as VP. At least you can hope the snow will get so bad at her home, she will not be able to get out. OH I forgot, if the snow got that bad, all she will have to do is start talking and her HOT AIR will melt all of the snow in the state!
Good luck to Alaska! Maybe your State Reps will charge her with the Ethics violation she is guilty of and put her out of office. That would keep her out of ALL elected offices!
October 24, 2008 8:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Good, that's 14 more insiders who want Hilary to be president.
Does jack for people at large.
I wish her the best in the Senate, but I will never welcome any DLC, weather vane, "new" Democrat of EITHER sex as my party's nominee.
Her husband won by 43 and 48% despite a thriving economy and the Democrats (including Hialry) misinterpreted this somehow as a winning game plan.
Obama has the GOP scrambling for North Carolina, Colorado, and Nevada and losing Iowa and New Mexico.
Stay put, Hil and kick some tail. If you dump the DLC nonsense by 2012, we'll talk. Show us the goods. Reid and Pelosi have been supreme disappointments. Impress me.
October 24, 2008 1:42 PM | Reply | Permalink