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DeGette Endorses Clinton

by: Colorado Pols

Mon Nov 26, 2007 at 10:40:46 AM MST


Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette has endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Click below for the full press release.
Colorado Pols :: DeGette Endorses Clinton
The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette, and named her national Co-Chair of the Campaign's Health Care Policy Task Force and a key adviser on stem cell research. DeGette will also play a major role in advancing Clinton's presidential efforts in her home state of Colorado.

"Hillary Clinton has the strength and experience we need in the next President of the United States," said Rep. DeGette. "Under her leadership, we will finally provide quality, affordable health care for every American. These challenging times call for a leader with Hillary Clinton's ability to hit the ground running on her first day in the White House."

Rep. DeGette has represented the Denver area since 1996; Denver is also home of the 2008 Democratic National Convention where DeGette sits on the Executive Host Committee. Since being elected to Congress, DeGette has risen steadily through the Democratic leadership ranks to become Chief Deputy Whip. A leading proponent of stem cell research, Rep. DeGette achieved national prominence as the chief architect of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act that would overturn President Bush's ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research and institute a strict ethical framework for stem cell research. DeGette also played a vital role in reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which provides health care to more than 6 million kids, and is a lead advocate for consumer product and food safety in the House.

Rep. DeGette currently serves as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, where she has promoted policies to ensure health care for our nation's children, protect the American consumer from tainted products and foods, move America toward energy independence, and preserve our wilderness.

Prior to her election to Congress, Rep. DeGette served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives, serving as Assistant Minority Leader from 1993-1995.

  "I admire Diana's tireless commitment to unlocking the potential of stem cell research and expanding health care access for all Americans," Clinton said. "I'm honored to have her support and delighted she'll help lead our efforts in Colorado."
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DeGette Endorses Clinton | 61 comments
Good choice,
Rep. DeGette!

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  
Diane bets on a woman and hopes she'll be the winner
The girls have to stick together. Smart politics. Good timing, throwing in with Clinton just when she needs some bucking up. Will it affect the primaries in Iowa and NH?

Nope. But it'll be good for Diane, whatever happens.

[ Parent ]
I agree
Way to go Rep DeGette
[ Parent ]
Littwin's take
So, I didn't go for the endorsement. I went to hear why DeGette, a dedicated liberal, would sign on with Clinton, who is not exactly the favorite of the liberal wing of the party.

I didn't get what you'd call a great answer. DeGette said - in a real shocker - that she liked all the Democratic candidates, but that she liked Clinton even more than the others. She offered the usual compliments - Clinton's strength, her experience, her willingness to name DeGette co-chair of her Health Care Policy Task Force.

DeGette defended Clinton's vote on Iraq, and even her Bush-friendly vote on Iran, which still has the liberal blogosphere going.

But just when I thought this would be no more than another campaign photo-op, somebody asked the inevitable horse race question: Didn't DeGette think the Republicans were also hoping Clinton would get the nomination?

The answer, of course, is obvious.

But what became just as obvious was that DeGette couldn't give the obvious answer.

Continued here.

"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - there is the United States of America." - Barack Obama

[ Parent ]
Super!
I'm sure folks saw the push poll Zogby did saying Clinton trails most GOP candidates.  Uh, duh, of course he'd want to arrange results like that so that he can try and throw the Dem race into turmoil like the GOP race.
Horse race driven media
The Zogby poll was conducted Nov. 21-26th, while a Gallup poll was done two weeks ago showing Clinton lead all Republicans.

Regardless of which poll you prefer or believe to be accurate, the news is going to run with the Zogby story: http://news.yahoo.co...

"Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole

[ Parent ]
Yawn
No surprise there.

"Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole
Wake Me Up
Someone wake me up when a real politican endorses a real candidate. This endorsement will put anyone to sleep.
[ Parent ]
Ya beat me to it, GB...
I'm SO shocked....yeah, right.

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
[ Parent ]
The odd thing is
that no Dem as progressive as DeGette would be endorsing a male candidate named Jones, if that candidate had the same voting record and same relationship with the fattest corporate lobbyists in health, drugs, insurance, military industrial, etc.  Take away the gender and the last name and this candidate is closer to Lieberman and the neocons than any of the other Dem candidates. 

The idea that she has the experience to step right into the Presidency and the others don't is unsupported by anything concrete in her resume. She has no particular executive experience or foreign policy experience, though that's supposed to her strong point, why we should vote for her, experience over change. 

She was first lady, not a cabinet member, VP, head of any agency or department, governor or CEO.  Therefore no executive experience. 

Her travels were the usual first lady goodwill and photo-op affairs.  They had nothing to do with foreign policy negotiation. Therefore no real foreign policy experience. 

To see anti-war, anti-neocon Dems who claim to want real change and to want power and civil liberties returned to ordinary citizens endorsing Hillary Clinton just because she's a woman and a Clinton and buying her claim to a resume by marriage is very discouraging. 

The only real edge in experience Hillary has is as a well schooled business as usual politician with the greatest political adviser, her husband, in her camp. Supporters claim that makes her the most electable but her negatives, though a little better now, are still so high, it might not be enough. 

[ Parent ]
HR Clinton as First Lady
It would be naive to believe that HRC was not a major advisor to her husband during his 8 years in the White House. It simply is not a part of who she is to not have been there in the think of everything. Nor was it in his make-up to keep her out of it.

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.
[ Parent ]
Granted
She played more of a role as an adviser and political player than the typical first lady but she had no executive role and her trips were not about conducting foreign policy. 

If she wants us to believe that she really played the kind of role she seems to be claiming as a sort of co-president than she ought to release all the pertinent papers that would back up that claim.  Without doing that, the only official experience she can claim on HER resume is a little more than one term as a Senator.  That gives her less experience as an elected official than most Senators who were first elected in 2004 as most held other elected offices on their way to the US Senate.

The argument that Hillary Clinton is uniquely qualified  because she is the only one who could start out on the first day in office as a seasoned executive and foreign policy expert because of her "White House experience" simply does not hold water.

I hope that our first woman President will be someone who truly got there on her own power and not as the wife or daughter of a former head of state as is often the case in third world countries.  I'd prefer to see the first woman president of the US get to that level the way women have in Great Britain, Germany and Ireland, for example.

Yes she's very smart and talented but you don't really think her being a senator and running for President ISN'T predicated on her being Mrs. Bill?  Plenty of other great women are now Senators,  Reps and governors with far more experience than Hillary. 

[ Parent ]
Thank you, Blue Cat. Here's my prediction
She loses. The country wants CHANGE! She doesn't have 32 cents in her pocket. The American promise...the bright beacon on the hill...has been severly tarnished under the Republican rule. The United States, comparing it to a ship, has holes in the hull and tattered sails....AND, deserves a great and competent Captain (male or female) to put it back on course. She ain't it...IMHO.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.
[ Parent ]
Radical Dems want change but wouldn't know how to deal with it
Only the radical Dems want "change," and like most folks, if confronted with real change, they'd be scared to death and wouldn't know how to deal with it.

Anyone who has managed change and watched it in other organizations knows how difficult it is to sell and implement. None of the Dems have the skills to sell nor implement real "change," and no president has the power to impose "change." That's why we have a Congress and lobbyists-to ensure gridlock.

[ Parent ]
An infrequent agreement
FDR instituted change, but we often forget what an uphill battle it was.  Also, the average American was deeply impacted by the Depression, which was very unifying.  

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
[ Parent ]
Strange...
when "progressive" male democrats endorsed Bill Clinton or Al Gore in 1992 or 2000, when both were positioned as the more/most moderate candidate in their fields, I don't recall anyone saying that the only reason they endorsed them were because they shared a gender.

Tom Harkin endorsed Al Gore over Bill Bradley in 2000 because they were both men?

Stupid argument---just like yours is now.


"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  

[ Parent ]
I usually agree with you...
...but not this time.

DeGette is voting for Hillary because she is a woman, plain and simple.  If Hillary was male, DeGette would be endorsing Obama or Edwards; they are much closer to her political history. 

If Hillary wins, the fact that she is a woman is history making and very good.  But not a reason to vote for her.  It's identity politics at its worst.  If Bubba votes for David Duke, how is that any different?

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010

[ Parent ]
How about...
she's going with her because it looks like she is going to win?

"I've learned a lot of lessons being involved in politics. I also believe that when you are attacked, you have to deck your opponents." -- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
[ Parent ]
That was my first reaction
Endorse Hillary while it still was worth something to HRC.

Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
[ Parent ]
DeGette takes the path of least resistance
  You hit it right--same as the way DeG takes progressive positions but at the same time has leveraged her safe seat into a seniority-based alliance with the un-progressive Steny Hoyer. 

  From my viewpoint here in the liberal bastion of CD-1, DeGette should be a major voice in the progressive caucus.  But it is much easier to find coverage in the home-town Denver papers on out-of-state progressive leaders like Lynn Woolsey, Maxine Waters, or John Lewis, than it is to hear a peep out of DeGette.

  I respect her positions on issues, but I am disappointed that she isn't more of a force.
 

[ Parent ]
Agree, of course
Just disappointed.  It would have been nice to see more of a principled stand from Degette.
[ Parent ]
We have had
"identity" politics for the last 230 years....
all male, all white, all Christian.

However, some of us were left out of the game.

For me, given the choice of the three who I think are quite close on voting records and on goals, albeit different on how to reach the goals, having a woman have a shot at it does please me.

If it were E. Dole, or Rice or any right wing women, I would not vote for them.  But this is a liberal woman who I think is brilliant and can do a good job.  I also think Edwards, Obama, Dodd, Richardson et al can do a good job too.
I also understand NONE of them can "fix" anything without a strong, left leaning congress. I don't expect, nor do I want, another unitary executive, not even from the left.    No democratic leader or republican leader should have a walk in the park. The BALANCE of POWER is important to me.

So given that, I think in the end there will be little difference in which dem is elected.  For me, gender gives Hillary the edge.

[ Parent ]
Fine.
Don't bitch the next time Bubba votes for David Duke or a clone of him.

You are guilty of doing exactly what you bemoan, alleged identity politics of white Christian men.

For 230 years most voters in this country were white and Christian, so how could that be a matter of identity politics?  Even many women did not want universal suffrage (which I find puzzling.)

If Hillary were a man, I still wouldn't be voting for him in a primary.  Too corporatist.  

Would you vote for Hillary as first choice if she were a he?  You know, on policies, experience, goals, etc.  If the answer in "No," you are voting identity politics.

I remember LA County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. He was white, but got overwhelming support from Watts and other black areas. Why?  He took care of them with their concerns.  Despite many chances to vote for a black supervisor, the residents there did not vote identity politics and were better off for it.

And so would we as a nation.

Good for them.  

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010

[ Parent ]
Umm
You see Arvadonian, there were no female front-runners that year so of course gender wasn't an issue.  if you think Diana DeGette would  be endorsing a male candidate named Jones who voted to give Bush war powers in 2002, voted against the Levin amendment to give diplomacy another try first, never has said the war was a mistake, just that it wasn't handled properly and just recently voted for the neocon Kyl/Leiberman amendment that Bush so enthusiastically supported, fine.  I don't buy it.  I think  many are blinded by nostalgia for the good old days with Bill and the chance to  make history.
[ Parent ]
Damn...
I was really counting on that endorsement, too.

Skyler
smckinley@gravel2008.us

I knew a stripper named Skyler once.  --TaxCheatGeithner

Funny...
DeGette might just get the same number of delegates to the convention as Gravel...

On second thought, she's a "super delegate" so she could vote for herself and beat Gravel by one...

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  

[ Parent ]
Interesting
Wellington Webb and Diana DeGette have never gotten along.

In fact they dislike each other immensely.

It will be interesting to watch the two of them fight to see who gets to be top dog in Colorado and nationally on Team Hillary.

so there actually is bad blood between Princess Di and Webb?
Jeez, any chance the ex-Mayor would take her on in a primary?
[ Parent ]
Doubt it...
but there was rumors that Wilma Webb was looking at doing just that the same year that Ramona Martinez did.

I think it is pretty safe to say that the Denver district is a safe "woman" district for years to come.  Pat Schroeder and now Dianna DeGette have secured it...

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  

[ Parent ]
If Diana were to decide to leave
there would be a huge push to send Andrew Romanoff to Congress. The female aspect is purly dependent upon the female in question.

Retirement in action does not equal retirement of beliefs.
[ Parent ]
I doubt she's going to....
leave anytime soon, but I would think that Jennifer Viega might take a long, serious look at running....

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  
[ Parent ]
I saw that "Clinton Raped Juanita" guy
Again downtown this morning.

He was standing at Broadway and Colfax (N.W. corner) with his sign as I was turning left onto Colfax.

As I always do, whenever I see this guy (and it's safe enough to do so) I honked to get his attention and then...

Flipped him a Big Bird for the holidays!

When, oh when, is this idiot going to get over Clinton?

oo

I have...
seen him a number of times too.  I always thought he looked vaguely familiar, and then I recognized him....It's Ken Starr!

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  
[ Parent ]
was he holding up a soiled blue dress in one hand.....
...and a funky-smelling cigar in the other?
[ Parent ]
Didn't see...
dress or a cigar, but he looked as if he smelled funky.

"But when I see a 9-11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining."  Glenn Beck  
[ Parent ]
Westword had a story on him awhile back.
I think he's a retired postal worker.

"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
[ Parent ]
Westword article...
http://www.westword....

When I've seen him lately, he's usually holding his "Hillary--Clone of Adolf" sign.

[ Parent ]
I loved this quote from that article
"People like my signs because they're intellectual," Madden says.

ROFLMAO

I tried talking to him once. There's no there there.

Thanks for the link.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.

[ Parent ]
yeah, he talks about when you two had your little talk ...
.
until he finally found a phone booth to call for backup.
.
[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Thanks for the Link!
By the way, I don't drive a Chevy...

I drive a Honda.

But I do flip that F*cker off every time I see him.

What a Freak.

oo

[ Parent ]
Looks like 8 opinions, OO! :)


"Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
[ Parent ]
well, he had a lot to say !

[ Parent ]
Thanks!
That's a new world's record for responses to any of my comments.

Now I'm pleased!

So what's with the guy who dresses up as "Lincoln" and goes up and down the 16th St. Mall carrying a sign about abortion killing children?

I used to see him all the time.  Once said, "I disagree".

He turned and shouted after me..., "Then you kill babies!".

Simply by saying that I disagree with his views on abortion I magically become a baby killer.

oo

[ Parent ]
Never argue with a mule


Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
[ Parent ]
Just a guess - but, I think that guy is Foghorn...
Foghorn is that true?
[ Parent ]
Just back from the press conference
I wrote the story up at SquareState.

Short version talking points:

DeGette likes all the candidates, but Clinton has "depth of experience" to "get the job done" on health care, Iraq, and Product/Food safety.

I had a chance to talk to Sen. Gordon and Tyler Chafee. As a bonus for the real inside-baseball players, I have some of their comments on side stories and unrelated issues.

Poor Hillary
DeGette's last two presidential endorsements were Bill Bradley and Howard Dean.  With that track record Hillary may want to re-think accepting anything from DeGette.  You would think after the Hsu fiasco, Hillary would have a staff member dedicated to accepting anything so tainted.
Are you saying...
... that Hillary should only accept endorsements from people who endorsed Bush twice?

Talk about tainted.

[ Parent ]
I'm saying...
DeGette has a poor record for picking winners in the Democratic primary.  I just think it's funny.
[ Parent ]
Howard Dean
DeGette did not endorse Howard Dean in 2004.  She supported Kerry after he had locked up the nomination.
[ Parent ]
Can you say "angling for a cabinet appointment"?

secretary of what?
Although it would open up C.D. 1 to some fresh representation....
[ Parent ]
Oh, I may be totally off base here...
Secretary of Health and Human Services.  
[ Parent ]
Ah, those Andrew Romanoff fantasies don't die easily...
Although it would open up C.D. 1 to some fresh representation...


[ Parent ]
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