NBC: #39;Many Democrats Nervous #39; Over Hillary Clinton #39;s #39;Stumbles #39; with Email Scandal
NBC: #39;Many Democrats Nervous #39; Over Hillary Clinton #39;s #39;Stumbles #39; with Email Scandal (March 12, 2015)
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Jerry Harmon addresses Escondido Democrats - Part 3
Former Mayor Jerry Harmon spoke to the Escondido Democrats at our March, 2015 meeting. The video is in three parts due to problems with recording. There are some bumpy parts where some data ...
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Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear agreement, Republicans are on the brink of veto-proof majorities for legislation that could undercut any deal.
And that support has held up even after the uproar last week over the GOPs letter to Iranian leaders warning against an agreement.
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Though several Democratic senators told POLITICO they were offended by the missive authored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), none of them said it would cause them to drop their support for bills to impose new sanctions on Iran or give Congress review power over a nuclear deal.
That presents another complication for the administration ahead of a rough deadline of March 24 to reach a nuclear agreement with the country.
The letters incredibly unfortunate and inappropriate, said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, a centrist Democrat who voted for the sanctions bill in committee and is a sponsor of the congressional approval legislation. That doesnt diminish my support for the legislation that we introduced.
The presidents challenge in Congress on the issue isnt limited to the 47 Republican senators who signed last weeks missive arguing that a nuclear agreement could be revoked by the next U.S. president. In a letter released Saturday, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough implored Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) not to push for a vote on his bill that would give Congress 60 days to reject or approve of any deal.
McDonough argued that Corkers measure, which has nearly a dozen Democratic supporters, goes well beyond ensuring that Congress has a role to play in any deal with Iran. And he asked Corker, whos sought to maintain a cordial relationship with the White House, to let the administration finish its negotiations with Iran, indicating it may take until the end of June. A framework is expected by the end of this month.
Corker shrugged off the request in response. And in an interview late last week, he said he hasnt lost the support of any Democrats despite the turbulent atmosphere surrounding Iran politics.
Let a couple days go by. We think theres going to be really ignited momentum, Corker, who did not sign the Cotton letter, said on Thursday. Nobodys dropping out. Weve had reaffirmed commitment from Democrats.
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The controversy over Hillary Clintons e-mails and her unconvincing press conference at the United Nations have gotten many Democrats and others thinking the unthinkable: Clinton may not be the Democrats 2016 nominee for president.
And it has many asking the question scary for Democrats of who else could be.
Its not a strong field. Vice President Joe Biden is 72 and has low poll ratings.
Elizabeth Warren inspires the Democratic left, but says shes not running perhaps for fear of exposure of her dubious claim, when seeking prestigious law-school jobs, of Cherokee ancestry.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth WarrenPhoto: AP
Others are even less likely. Bernie Sanders, age 73, is a self-described socialist. The interesting Jim Webb is out of sync with an increasingly leftist party.
Martin OMalley couldnt get his lieutenant governor elected to succeed him in a 62 percent Obama state.
California Gov. Jerry Brown turns 78 in 2016. Andrew Cuomo lives with a woman not his wife not a problem in New York, but not helpful for a national candidate.
Democrats have a weak field in part because of their poor showing in recent statewide elections. And theres another problem.
The geographically clustered Obama coalition blacks, Hispanics (in some states), gentry liberals tends to elect officeholders with little incentive to compile records that would make them competitive in target states and capable of winning crossover votes.
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Maryland Democrats are pouring into the race to replace party member Sen. Barbara Mikulski, but her announced retirement appears to have caught Republicans by surprise with top prospects still on the sidelines.
Rep. Andy Harris is considered the first in line, as the only Maryland Republican in Congress.
Harris told FoxNews.com on Wednesday that hes considering a run but wont make a decision until the fall.
Were certainly going to take a look at it and see how it shakes out, said the three-term congressmen, who also made clear that other potential candidates were free to decide on their own timelines.
The party primaries for the open seat will be in April 2016.
Mikulskis retirement has sparked so much interest from potential Democratic candidates in Maryland because the state has had only three senators in the past 38 years.
Though Maryland is considered one of the most liberal states in the country, Republicans feel empowered after businessman Larry Hogans 2014 gubernatorial upset victory over Democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, in which Hogan became only the second Republican governor in Maryland in nearly four decades.
Among the other GOP candidates mentioned for the Mikulski seat are former Maryland congressman and Gov. Robert Ehrlich, former congresswoman Connie Morella and former Maryland Secretary of State Mary Kane.
Harris said a potential Kane or Morella run would make sense considering Mikulskis legacy -- the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress who has held her Senate seat since 1987.
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