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Showing Original Post only (View all)2016 Candidates? Don’t Come For President Obama If He Didn’t Send For You [View all]
Thorough analysis of the SC primary demographics.
Black men 24%
Clinton 82%
Sanders 18%
Black women 37%
Clinton 89%
Sanders 11%
Historic NY http://www.democraticunderground.com/110758788
What President Obamas legacy means to me
Jan 19, 2016 by Hillary Clinton
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On January 20, 2017, America will begin our next chapter. A new president will stand on the steps of the Capitol, raise one hand, and take the oath of office. From that moment on, he or she will decide whether we defend and build on the progress weve made under President Obamaor tear it all away.
That feels pretty personal to menot just as an American who supports President Obama, but also as someone who was proud to work alongside him at the White House.
I remember vividly the day after the 2008 election when President-elect Obama asked me to come see him in Chicago. It turned out that he would ask me to be secretary of state. But first, we talked about everything he was doing to get ready for his first termand everything he was learning about the reality of the economic crisis our country was facing. The president-elect was getting briefings every day, sometimes several times a day. And the news was not good. He turned to me and said, It is so much worse than they told us.
He was right.
By the time President Obama was sworn into office, we were on the brink of another Great Depression. Before the worst was over, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month, 5 million Americans lost their homes, and 13 trillion dollars of family wealth was wiped away. Meanwhile, our auto industrythe pride of American manufacturing and ingenuity for decadeswas on the verge of collapse. It turned out to be the second-worst financial crisis in our countrys history.
President Obama changed all that. Look where we are today. Weve had 70 straight months of private-sector job growth. Our businesses have created 14.1 million jobs. The unemployment rate is the lowest in seven years. And the auto industry just had its best year ever.
More~ Please read the rest of Hillary's excellent piece.. brought tears because of all we've been through.. https://www.hillaryclinton.com/feed/what-president-obamas-legacy-means-me/
Hillary Gets It.. and she's the only one running who does..
What did sanders do? He wanted President Obama primared in 2012.
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