Hillary
Clinton released the following statement after earning the endorsement
of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. The CBC PAC is the political arm
of the Congressional Black Caucus, and works to increase the number of
African Americans in the United States Congress: I’m honored
to have earned the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC,
which has been fighting for enduring progress for almost 50 years. The
CBC PAC knows we need to elect a President who can take on all parts of
the job and build on the progress we’ve made under President Obama—not
let it get ripped away. In America today, nearly one in
three African-American men faces the prospect of prison in their
lifetimes. African-American women working full time on average earn 60
cents for every dollar a white man earns. African Americans are nearly
three times more likely to be denied a mortgage as whites. And
African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma
than white kids. As the “conscience of Congress”, the
CBC and its members fight for progress every day for African Americans
and for all hardworking people in this country. They are working to give
35 million working people a raise by increasing the minimum wage, and
to protect all Americans’ sacred and hard-won right to vote. They are
working tirelessly to help get more African-American candidates elected
and, thanks to their efforts, more African Americans are serving in the
United States Congress today than ever before. I have
been proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with my close friends in the
CBC in these fights. As a Senator from New York, I partnered with CBC
members on bills to ban racial profiling, prosecute hate crimes, and
promote equal pay for women. As Secretary of State, I created the Global
Diaspora Forum, which helps Americans of African descent build
partnerships with the countries their ancestors came from. The
stakes in this election couldn’t be higher. African Americans can’t
wait for solutions—they need results now. We need a President who can
stand up to the Republicans and win. I’ll take on the gun lobby to
address the epidemic of gun violence. I’ll take on the Republicans who
are disenfranchising voters and rolling back voting rights. And I pledge
a new and comprehensive commitment to equity and opportunity for
communities of color. That means reforming our criminal justice system
and rebuilding the bonds of trust between our communities and our law
enforcement officials. But it also means making major new investments to
create jobs, to make it easier to start and grow a small business, to
end redlining in housing, and to build reliable public transit systems. Read more >>>>
Hillary Clinton is far better prepared to be president than her Democratic opponent.
The
race for the Democratic presidential nomination is between a candidate
who wants to ignite a revolution and another who promises a push for
progressive incrementalism.
Choosing the former may be enticing to
some, but the latter is far more preferable if you are interested in
what is far more doable. That difference alone makes Hillary Clinton the best choice for president in the Democratic primary, but she is far better prepared for the job as well.
It is not that the problems Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
outlines aren’t real — former U.S. Sen. and Secretary of State Clinton
broadly agrees on many of these problems. And it’s not that many of the
nation’s ills couldn’t benefit from dramatic reform. It’s that Sanders’
solutions — a single-payer health system and free college, for instance —
have no chance to gain traction in what is still going to be a deeply
divided Congress after November.
But
Clinton? She’s been in the public eye ever since, and after a lifetime
of remarkable service and unending controversy she’s back asking Texans
to help make her the 2016 Democratic nominee for president.
Democrats should vote for her March 1. She’s a better choice than another long-shot liberal senator, her surging rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
A
better choice not because he’s too liberal to win in November, though
he is. She’s better because over her lifetime, Clinton has learned to
temper her idealism without losing it. She’s learned to advance her
agenda even when it means letting others advance too. She’s cultivated
allies.
New
York Times The battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for
the Democratic nomination has been surprisingly close and could stretch
beyond Florida’s March 15 primary. But only Clinton has the skill and
experience to appeal to general election voters and build on President
Barack Obama's accomplishments.
With much of the
attention during this unpredictable presidential campaign focused on
conservative Republicans eager to back an uncompromising outsider, many
Democrats are just as determined to buck the establishment and pursue a
more liberal direction. The battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie
Sanders for the Democratic nomination has been surprisingly close and
could stretch beyond Florida's March 15 primary. But only Clinton has
the skill and experience to appeal to general election voters and build
on President Barack Obama's record.
The frustration over the
economic recovery that benefits too few Americans, the shortcomings of
health care reform and the high cost of college education is genuine. So
are the concerns about global terrorism, personal security at home and
the nation's relationships with old adversaries abroad. Democrats are as
worried about these issues as Republicans, and they are just as hungry
for real change in gridlocked Washington.
Clinton is clearly the best prepared to achieve results in each of those areas.
