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Hillary Clinton

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Gothmog

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Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:54 PM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton is funding congressional races so she can enter White House with a majority [View all]

Hillary Clinton is helping the Democratic Party elect new Democratic members of Congress http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/hillary-clinton-is-funding-congressional-races-so-she-can-enter-white-house-with-a-majority/24188/

One of the most intriguing storylines of the 2016 election has turned out to be one of the most underreported. Every candidate for President hopes to not only enter the White House, but do so with a congressional majority in hand. Although Hillary Clinton is the clear frontrunner and is likely to win the election, republican gerrymandering means that her odds of having a democratic House and Senate are questionable. But she’s spent the past six months trying to rectify that by essentially funding the congressional races of 2016 democratic candidates herself.

They’re called Victory Funds, and the short of it is that while Hillary has been out on the campaign trail raising funds for her own Presidential campaign, she’s been making it easy for her donors to simultaneously donate to the various state level democratic parties. The money will be divvied up among the democrats running for election and reelection in the Senate and House.

After the democrats took some lumps in the past few congressional races and lost both houses of congress to the republicans, Clinton has put together this co-fundraising strategy as a way of entering office with as many democratic allies on the hill as possible. Even as she pulls further ahead in the primary race and begins to pivot to the general election, she’s been breathing life into her party’s congressional chances along the way.
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Mr. 73 years as not a democrat is not doing much to fund anyone except himself lol nt msongs Mar 2016 #1
oh come on DURHAM D Mar 2016 #2
That $1,000 came from the DNC, not Bernie SunSeeker Mar 2016 #4
Oh... I don't know? DURHAM D Mar 2016 #5
I edited to add a link. See above. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #6
Wow ! Total slackard. DURHAM D Mar 2016 #7
Dunno. He's probably already spent it. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #11
He gets tons of money, uses it all, and still can't compete with Clinton, who supports many Dems. nt kjones Mar 2016 #12
The strange thing... jmowreader Mar 2016 #9
Woot! Take that, GDP! Hekate Mar 2016 #3
Yep! It's called building a party. shenmue Mar 2016 #13
Very smart. nt anotherproletariat Mar 2016 #8
K$R :-) Excellent content. fleabiscuit Mar 2016 #10
K&R UtahLib Mar 2016 #14
K&R! stonecutter357 Mar 2016 #15
K & R enthusiastically. Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #16
She is building the party that she belongs to OKNancy Mar 2016 #17
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