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January 03, 2008
HRC nod for HRC?
Posted by: Chris
Not so, says Brad Luna, the Human Rights Campaign spokesman, kiboshing my suggestion that the national gay rights group is working behind the scenes in both Iowa and New Hampshire for that other HRC, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Brad, who really is an all-around great guy when we're not butting heads about his employer, had this to say to me in an email exchange:
You have a post up [saying] that HRC is already supporting Hillary Clinton. You point to two Human Rights Campaign supporters in N.H. throwing her a party as an example of this belief.
Supporters of HRC do not represent the views of the organization –- we have HRC supporters going for Obama, Clinton, and Edwards. Supporters and board members are supporting candidates and that is what is being discussed in this news article. It is simply wrong for you to frame it otherwise.
I asked why HRC is spending resources on a primary battle if it's not supporting anyone and wondered whether his organization will be picking a candidate before the party nominees are clear. Luna replied:
We have staffers in Iowa and N.H. because invigorating the GLBT community to be a part of this process is important. Just as we did with our candidate survey and Logo/HRC forum, it is important that our community (and our issues) remain front and center, regardless of the nominee.
We won't be endorsing anyone until there are clear nominees.
Fair enough, and I've said before, the candidate survey and forum (while imperfect) were tremendously helpful to gay voters and to putting the candidates on record on our issues.
Still, the skeptic (cynic?) in me can't help wondering whether an organization with Joe Solmonese, Hillary Rosen and Mary Breslauer at the reins would be jumping into the Iowa/N.H. fray if they didn't believe two-thirds of GLB voters support Hillary.
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Comments
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Chris... Sometimes I agree with you and sometimes I don't - that's to be expected. This time, however, I couldn't agree with you more!
I was looking at hrcbackstory today, as well. I saw the posts with Hillary and immediately came to the same conclusion as you. I don't see HRC's blog giving the same amount of coverage to each of the candidates.
I don't always agree with HRC, but I am still a supporter. In this situation, I wish they'd be a little bit more open to all the candidates.
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Ay ay ay... Let's quote an old Barney Frank line that sums all this up: "Who do you believe, me or your eyes?"
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Barney Frank line that sums all this up: "Who do you believe, me or your eyes?"
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North Dallas Thirty on Jan 3, 2008 6:58:31 PM:
The better question for Mr. Luna is in response to this quote from the article.
National organizations like The Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ) and Stonewall Democrats are providing financial and logistic support to the national campaign staff members in New Hampshire.
What staff members, and for which "national campaigns"?
Be specific, please.