Tag: EndorseWatch

Republican Ex-Governor Endorses Clinton

Buck Banks

I’m not often critical of the media, but I am this year. And it’s driven mostly by television, and ratings. They never really vetted Bernie Sanders, and to this day have not vetted Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton? Oh my God. No human being in history has been more vetted.


— Former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson (R), quoted by City Pages, announcing his support for Hillary Clinton who he said is a “very kind, a very good person.”

Former GOP Senator Endorses Clinton

Buck Banks

“I can’t believe I’m endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, but I am. This morning, I woke up and told my wife, ‘Did I really do that?’ But I did. … If someone had told me 10 years ago I would do this, I wouldn’t have believed them.”

— Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD), who endorsed Hillary Clinton for president and called for universal background checks on all gun sales and an assault weapons ban in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, The Hill reports.

Scott Walker Invokes Ghost of Lincoln to Justify Brokered Convention

Buck Banks

Remember, Abraham Lincoln won in Chicago in 1860 because of an open convention. He was not the front-runner when he came in. In fact, he wasn’t even near the front until several ballots in. That gives us hope. Our first Republican president, and arguably one of our best, was someone who came in through an open process.

— Gov. Scott Walker (R), quoted by the Washington Post.

Major Florida Newspaper Won’t Endorse a GOP Candidate

Buck Banks

We cannot endorse businessman Donald Trump, hometown Sen. Marco Rubio or Sen. Ted Cruz because they are unqualified to be president… Gov. John Kasich is the best of the bunch, but if you measure a candidate by the caliber of his campaign, Kasich’s lack of traction and organization make a vote for him count for little.

— The Florida Sun Sentinel will not make an endorsement for the Republican presidential primary because “the kind of person who should be running is not in the race.”