Hillary Rodham Clinton for Senate Majority Leader 2009

HRC for Senate Majority Leader - most current version with signatories

Dear Senator _____:

We are active Democrats who believe that the Senate Majority Leader must be a person with great ideas and political savvy.  For the upcoming Congress, there is one special person who would fill this position with dignity and skill: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Senator Clinton's ideas and policy positions won a clear mandate from the voters of America throughout the primary season.  She has consistently demonstrated an ability to work across the aisle during her tenure as Senator from New York.  Both at home and abroad, Senator Clinton is known and respected for her talents and grace.

All Democrats who take office this November, in whatever branch of government, at the state or the federal level, will benefit from having a Democratic Senate led by a powerful, proven leader: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

We are calling on all Democratic Senators and those currently running for that office to affirm our efforts.  We ask you to share with us your support for Senator Clinton as Majority Leader by e-mailing us at: [email protected]

Once we have received your affirmation of support, we will highlight your name. Your support will become known to Democrats far and wide as we tap into the energy and resources of those 18 million voters who put their confidence in Senator Clinton.  Those voters are now looking for her continuing leadership in domestic and international affairs, and they are looking for Senate Democrats who feel likewise.

We look forward to letting our fellow Democrats know that you join with us in working towards a stronger Democratic Party.

Sincerely,

1. Heidi Li Feldman DC
2. Will Bower DC
3. Marsha McLean VT
4. Ricki Lieberman  NY
5. Gina Rabbin NY
6. Taj Christian Magruder PA
7. Judy Pokras FL
8. Normita Fenn CA
9. Carrie Feuer HA
10. Shawna S Guitierrez  CA
11. Cynthia Washington TX
12. Betty Foshay   MN
13. Bebe Michels  CA
14. Hernan DePaiva  DC
15. Ed Eblin  OH
16. Elizabeth Higgins  CT
17. Marille Hermann  MD
18. Sandra Otero  CA
19. David Piper  CA
20. Judith Walker Mulllin  NJ
21. Pam Hamilton  OR
22. Lynn Ellingwood  NY
23. Trisha Redwine  NC
24. Jean Parham  NC
25. Merri Monks  IL
26. Barbara Chase  CO
27. Emma Caron  CA
28. Billi Bromer  GA
29. Amy Morton  CA
30. Louann Neville NC
31. Kyle Raccio  CA
32. Casimir Sammanasu  CA
33. Linda Hayes  TX
34. Len Lauro CA
35. Karen Jones  OR
36. Jennifer Thorpe  NY
37. Juliette Stango  PA
38. David Worthington  NY
39. Jane Ruth  AZ
40. Jennifer Lyon  MI
41. Becky Crissman   FL
42. Kerri Caveny  NY
43. Laura Freeman  VA
44. Leah Faerstein  NY
45. Marjorie Merithew MI
46. Sonali Dave TX
47. Lisa Renee Jay RI
48. Natasha Todd PA
49. Mary Levilain OK
50. Emily Freeman TX
51. Andrea Kanter FL
52. Ali Dickson TX
53. Carol Saxe NY
54. P J Kemp KY
55. Marilyn Levin Dauphin PA
56. Travis Johns Denniso OH
57. Marilyn Heider NJ
58.  Bill Heider NJ
59. Mary Counce NC
60. Katherine Cook Mundle DC
61. Charles Brossman TX
62. Carmen Negron NY
63. Kristen Elkington Shafto, IN
64. Joyce Rems Edison NJ
65. Diana Wilcox NJ
66. Wendy Lowitz IL
67. Shar Ananda CA
68. Lea Ananda Ukiah CA
69. Mitali Routh, NC
70. Carol Fasano NY
71. Lorna Wilkerson MA
72. Heather Stewart Harris NJ
73. Rosemary Rowlands NJ
74. Jerome Carpenter  NC
75. Sharon Yarborough NJ
76. Misty Ehrlich  ID
77. Nora Herndon  FL
78. Mary Hill  NC
79. Brandon Cahall PA
80. Ellen Hill  CA
81. Rhea Carlson  CA
82. Annie Randall  PA
83. Mi Troung  CA
84. Bridgette Laukhuff  PA
85. Nili Navot  NY
86. Kim Kuesis  IL
87. Amy Goldman Edgewater  NJ
88. Robert Nelson  CA
89. Lawrence Feldman  NJ
90. Rosemary Wilcox  PA
91. Toni Lee Howard  CO
92. Cynthia Nagele NY
93. Janice K Anderson MN
94. Donna Devine  OR
95. J Allen  OR
96. Susan Friedricks  CA
97. Jeanette Kremer  CA
98. Stephen Gombosi  CO
99. Ellie Smith  MA
100. Susan Bernstein  IL
101. Brian Williams NY
102. Jean Oatman OK
103.  Kenneth Stout  OK
104. Linda Bruton  OR
105. Cody A Eliff  IA
106. Crace Brummel  NC
107. Susan Murphy  NJ
108. Kristen M Haines  PA
109. LaNita Jones  AZ
110. Emily Comstock  WI
111. Deborah C Wickum  MT
112. Joseph Murray  FL
113. Susan Hua  CA
114. Lady Hawkke FL
115. Brian Crowell  CA
116. Laura Crowell CA
117. Hilary Yost   SC
118. Ann Schwartz Unitas  VA
119. Emily Zelkin  VT
120. Lori McMaster WA
121. Cathy Joritz  PA
122. Jeannie Segall  NY
123. Casey Hughes   MS
124. Kim Dickson  OK
125. Frances Morey   TX
126. Carolyn Harris   AKEmma Linn   TX
127. Venkat Murthy   VA
128. Anna Cazares   TX
129. Ann Finnerty   PA
130. Monisha Merchant CO
131. Lauren Lochridge  CA
132. Martha Rae Ross   NE
133. Cindy Schwartz  WA
134. Liz Letzler   NY
135. Pamela Africk   FL
136. Mildred Banks  OK
137. Mary Ellen Newell   PA
138. Beth Taylor  IN
139. Jane DeMarines   VA
140. Wendy Everham   IL
141. Tara J Keith   MD
142. Karen Pittinger  IL
143. Marie J DiSciullo-Naples  ME
144. Linda Genewick   CA
145. Ann Hubener  TX
146. Marc Friedland NC
147. Valerie Hirvela   FL
148. Malta F Ristorucci   NY
149. Mary Alice Lugo   CA
150. Michele Thomas   CA
151. Debra Murphy  OH
152. Lily Mariye   CA
153. Amy Parsons   CA
154. Barbara Casbar Siperstein   NJ
155. Sherry George   IA
156. Catrina Burkhard   MA
157. Darrell Reed   IA
158. Kirsten Schelbert   IL
159. Robin Carlson   CA
160. Christine Garner   MD
161. Angela Worden   FL
162. Toni Carey CA
163. Carolyn Cornwell   FL
164. Denise Anderson   CA
165. Kimberlee Mann   VA
166. Cindi Cartee   OH
167. Diane Matherly   MI
168. Michael Wagner   WA
169. Shirley Thomas   GA
170. Ruth Dube  NY
171. Ione Shadduck   IA
172. Pat Rovan   CO
173. Glenn Adams   WA
174. Rachel Musick   VA
175. Martha Lyles   NM
176. Michael J Finkle   WA
177. Elizabeth Wilmott   WA
178. Margaret Mertz  VT
179. Zulma Jordan Rosenfeld   GA
180. Belinda Velasquez   UT
181. Marc Rubin NY
182. Jean Carter Wilson TN
183. Jayson Philip   FL
184. Carol Cross   GA
185. Philip Guthrie   MD
186. Lana Stone   TX
187. Mary Edwards   IL
188. Kristi King  MD
189. Martina Kunnecke KY
190. Shirley Luther   TX
191. Deb Cummings  WA
192. Tessa Gordon  MA
193. Kathleen Lahey  MA
194. Nicholas Diomede  AZ
195. Sacha Millstone CO
196. Kay Kittlesen   TN
197. Andrea Skyberg   WI
198. Michael Greer   WI
199. Cynthia Tyler  CA
200. Mary Beth Dolan   CA
201. Shirley Thomas   GA
202. Marnie Delano  NY
203. MaeRose Tengsico   CA
204. Katherine Vincent   CO
205. Ahmir Rashid   MI
206. Mary Lou Richardson  VA
207. Susan Marten  WA
208. Halane Hughes  MS
209. Bruce Edward Bower   MI
210. Victoria Carpenter   IL
211. Lisa Bernstein   MA
212. Renee Carrigan   CO
213. Moses Estrada TX
214. Anne Marie Doherty NC
215. Sheri Herman   WI
216. Helene B. Ratner  PA
217. Angela Danovi  TN
218. Pam Hamilton OR
219. Nancy Groutsis   MA
220. Cari Sideris   WA
221. Steven D Rivas   TX
222. Hallie Travis   OR
223. Alma Sanford  TN
224. Marvin Wells   WA
225. Christopher Nicols   CA
226. Nicole Maiorino   PA
227. Mary Hatheway   PA
228. John West  IL
229. Linda Vessell   GA
230. Laura Cantalupa  NY
231. Angela Trigg  GA
232. Raymond Penko   CA
233. Jimmy Myers  TX
234. Lillian Villarreal  TX
235. Lola Hopper  TX
236. Linda Moore  TX
237. Pat Bakalian  CA
238. Bryan Gonzales  CO
239. Christine Horan  GA
240. Paula Roos  GA
241. Frances Valenzuela  TX
242. Debbie Downing  OK
243. Sheryl Abshire  LA
244. Sue Kothmann  TX
245. Victoria Oath  PA
246. Verne Oath  PA
247. James C Wark  TX
248. Will Fowlkes  GA
249. Aurora Gonzales  TX
250. Marjorie Amonett Reynolds TX
251. Joseph J Knox Jr   PA
252. Ruby De La Garza   TX
253. Ronald Dye  OK
254. Ellen Friedman  MA
255. Bernice Anderson  CA
256. Dock Jackson TX
257. Ervie Eugene Ham OR
258. Manual Diaz Garza TX
259. Mary Reyes TX
260. Bill Johnson TX
261. Linda Rangel Moore TX
262. Patrick Sandoval   TX
263. Lillian Zapata   TX
264. Lana Parker  CA
265. Jerry Pittman   TX
266. Cynthia Thomas   CA
267. Jan Smith  MD
268. Beverly Leaphart  GA
269. Dana Marie Kennedy  AZ
270. Craig Diehls   MO
271. Beth Fried  IN
272. Robert Garza TX
273. Brian Elworthy MA
274. Darrell Batiste   GA
275. Maria Hilda Arenas   TX
276. Henry Jimenez   TX
277. Kamala Fritzler   CA
278. Geoffrey Bird   NH
279. George Stupas   KS
280. Melissa Richards  PA
281. Aaron Paz TX
282. Rozanna Mendoza   TX
283. Maribeth Marcello   MA
284. Raul Gomez   TX
285. Cyndey Gross   WA
286. Brandon Cahall   PA
287. Hillary Kowalski   IL
288. Gina Swoboda   AZ
289. Anna Van Rhyn   NV
290. Tanya Davis   NE
291. Cinda Cartee   OH
292. Craig Diehls   MO
293. Gabe Asey   MI
294. Anne Pinkerton   NV
295. Reba Shimansky   NY
296. Andrea Crowe NJ
297. Annabel L. Kim   CT
298. JoAnn C. Dixon   NJ
299. Toni Anne Reagan   MD
300. Kathy Hudson   LA
301. Dianne Shatin   PA
302. Ervie Eugene Ham   OR
303. Elizabeth A. Graziane   NY
304. Dmitry Beryozkin   NY
305. Marcia White   GA
306. Roxanne Gardner   MA
307. Jack Pryor   VA
308. Valerie Eastwood   VA
309. Stacey Kiepler   PA
310. Christal Phillips   MI
311. Nelson H Dake   MI
312. Gretchen Weiss-Elliot WA
313. Rosemary L. Dake  MI
314. Marjorie Merithew   MI
315. Susan Lowe   OH
316. Sarah H Ferguson   NY
317. Sheryl Watford   GA
318. Barb Caffrey   WI
319. Irene Staskin   FL
320. Maria T Heider   NJ
321. Bill Heider   NJ
322. Michael Johnson   CA
323. Anne McGarry   PA
324. David Keller   AZ
325. Andrew Naslund   CA
326. Cate Gooch   GA
327. Brent Heilborn  CA
328. Traci Huntsman   OK
329. Erica Power   NJ
330. Lorna Johnson   AL
331. Jennifer Thorpe   NY
332. Katherine Cooper   CA
333. Tess Elkins   NJ
334. Loralyn Cropper   CT
335. Hoss Hudson   TX
336. Sharon Wilson   WA
337. Nancy Saboori   MA
338. Barbara A Parks   IN
339. Glinna Brown   GA
340. Jane A Desforges   RI
341. Luis Caballero   IL
342. Kathy Yiannoulis   CT
343. Maria Jante   PA
344. Tiffany Craig Brown   CA
345. April Brown   CAAshby Stiff   FL
346. Kimberly Scott Robb   CA
347. April BakerSmith   GA
348. Marilyn BakerSmith   GA
349. Suzanne Morine   CO
350. Carol A Graham   FL
351. Elizabeth Moreno  NJ
352. Teresa Hickok   CA
353. Maria Woodward   FL
354. Jo Souvignier   CA
355. Tracy Brouthers   FL
356. Beatrice Fitzpatrick   AZ
357. Amy Maupin   KY
358. Karen Gabbert   IL
359. Kathleen Bentley   IN
360. Greta O'Connor   CA
361. Rick Varner   PA
362. Jenna DiFeo   NV
363. JoAnn Greenberg   NY
364. Connie Olson   NC
365. Sharon Lane    AZ
366. Mae Siwiec   NJ
367. Michelle Flores   AZ
368. Kenny Burton   PA
369. Becky Feltmeyer   WI
370. Madonna Jean Pederson   MN
371. Billy Ackerman   FL

We are accepting additional signatories to the online version of this letter. If you would like to sign the letter please send an email to [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. Your message should included your full name, which we will add to the letter and your state and city and a contact phone number for identification purposes only. Your location and phone number will be kept private and will never appear on this site or any other public site.

HRC For Senate Majority Leader 2009 - Statement of Purpose

Statement of Purpose

The Senate Republican and Democratic floor leaders are elected by the members of their party in the Senate at the beginning of each Congress. Depending on which party is in power, one serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader. The leaders serve as spokespersons for their parties' positions on issues. The majority leader schedules the daily legislative program and fashions the unanimous consent agreements that govern the time for debate.

….

The majority leader has the right to be called upon first if several senators are seeking recognition by the presiding officer, which enables him to offer motions or amendments before any other senator. Although party floor leadership posts carry great responsibility, they provide few specific powers. Instead, floor leaders have largely had to depend on their individual skill, intelligence, and personality. Majority leaders seek to balance the needs of senators of both parties to express their views fully on a bill with the pressures to move the bill as quickly as possible toward enactment. These conflicting demands have required majority leaders to develop skills in compromise, accommodation, and diplomacy. Lyndon Johnson, who held the post in the 1950s, once said that the greatest power of the majority leader was "the power of persuasion."

The majority leader usually works closely with the minority leader so that, as Senator Bob Dole explained, "we never surprise each other on the floor." The party leaders meet frequently with the president and with the leaders of the House of Representatives. The majority leader also greets foreign dignitaries visiting the Capitol.

From the U.S. Senate’s official website.

(Emphases added.)

The power of the Senate Majority turns largely on the talents of the Majority Leader who must be a person with great ideas and extremely political savvy.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton fits the bill perfectly. Her ideas and policy positions have won a clear mandate from the voters of America. She has demonstrated repeatedly an ability to work across the aisle to attain major legislative accomplishments; but she has also demonstrated that she will not simply cave to expediency (e.g. her vote on the FISA bill, her ongoing fight to ensure reproductive rights for all). As for meeting with foreign dignitaries, Senator Clinton is known and respected around the world. If her peers elect her as majority leader, this will send the message to all those abroad that she is just as respected here at home.

To become the Senate Majority Leader in 2009, Senator Clinton must win election to that position by being voted into it by her fellow Democratic Senators, a vote that occurs in early January.

To that end, we call upon all Democratic Senators to endorse our effort, particularly by signing the letter featured at the top of this page. Instructions for signing appear on the letter in the side bar.

You can direct others to this website by giving them this URL: www.hrcforsenatemajorityleader09.com

List of Democrats supporting HRC for Senate Majority Leader 09 nearing 300

DEBATE NIGHT UPDATE

Dear Senator _____:

We are active Democrats who believe that the Senate Majority Leader must be a person with great ideas and political savvy.  For the upcoming Congress, there is one special person who would fill this position with dignity and skill: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Senator Clinton's ideas and policy positions won a clear mandate from the voters of America throughout the primary season.  She has consistently demonstrated an ability to work across the aisle during her tenure as Senator from New York.  Both at home and abroad, Senator Clinton is known and respected for her talents and grace.

All Democrats who take office this November, in whatever branch of government, at the state or the federal level, will benefit from having a Democratic Senate led by a powerful, proven leader: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

We are calling on all Democratic Senators and those currently running for that office to affirm our efforts.  We ask you to share with us your support for Senator Clinton as Majority Leader by e-mailing us at: [email protected]

Once we have received your affirmation of support, we will put your name and information about how to contribute to your campaign directly onto on this website. Your support will become known to Democrats far and wide as we tap into the energy and resources of those 18 million voters who put their confidence in Senator Clinton.  Those voters are now looking for her continuing leadership in domestic and international affairs, and they are looking for Senate Democrats who feel likewise.

We look forward to letting our fellow Democrats know that you join with us in working towards a stronger Democratic Party.

Sincerely,

1. Heidi Li Feldman DC
2. Will Bower DC
3. Marsha McLean VT
4. Ricki Lieberman  NY
5. Gina Rabbin NY
6. Taj Christian Magruder PA
7. Judy Pokras FL
8. Normita Fenn CA
9. Carrie Feuer HA
10. Shawna S Guitierrez  CA
11. Cynthia Washington TX
12. Betty Foshay   MN
13. Bebe Michels  CA
14. Hernan DePaiva  DC
15. Ed Eblin  OH
16. Elizabeth Higgins  CT
17. Marille Hermann  MD
18. Sandra Otero  CA
19. David Piper  CA
20. Judith Walker Mulllin  NJ
21. Pam Hamilton  OR
22. Lynn Ellingwood  NY
23. Trisha Redwine  NC
24. Jean Parham  NC
25. Merri Monks  IL
26. Barbara Chase  CO
27. Emma Caron  CA
28. Billi Bromer  GA
29. Amy Morton  CA
30. Louann Neville NC
31. Kyle Raccio  CA
32. Casimir Sammanasu  CA
33. Linda Hayes  TX
34. Len Lauro CA
35. Karen Jones  OR
36. Jennifer Thorpe  NY
37. Juliette Stango  PA
38. David Worthington  NY
39. Jane Ruth  AZ
40. Jennifer Lyon  MI
41. Becky Crissman   FL
42. Kerri Caveny  NY
43. Laura Freeman  VA
44. Leah Faerstein  NY
45. Marjorie Merithew MI
46. Sonali Dave TX
47. Lisa Renee Jay RI
48. Natasha Todd PA
49. Mary Levilain OK
50. Emily Freeman TX
51. Andrea Kanter FL
52. Ali Dickson TX
53. Carol Saxe NY
54. P J Kemp KY
55. Marilyn Levin Dauphin PA
56. Travis Johns Denniso OH
57. Marilyn Heider NJ
58.  Bill Heider NJ
59. Mary Counce NC
60. Katherine Cook Mundle DC
61. Charles Brossman TX
62. Carmen Negron NY
63. Kristen Elkington Shafto, IN
64. Joyce Rems Edison NJ
65. Diana Wilcox NJ
66. Wendy Lowitz IL
67. Shar Ananda CA
68. Lea Ananda Ukiah CA
69. Mitali Routh, NC
70. Carol Fasano NY
71. Lorna Wilkerson MA
72. Heather Stewart Harris NJ
73. Rosemary Rowlands NJ
74. Jerome Carpenter  NC
75. Sharon Yarborough NJ
76. Misty Ehrlich  ID
77. Nora Herndon  FL
78. Mary Hill  NC
79. Brandon Cahall PA
80. Ellen Hill  CA
81. Rhea Carlson  CA
82. Annie Randall  PA
83. Mi Troung  CA
84. Bridgette Laukhuff  PA
85. Nili Navot  NY
86. Kim Kuesis  IL
87. Amy Goldman Edgewater  NJ
88. Robert Nelson  CA
89. Lawrence Feldman  NJ
90. Rosemary Wilcox  PA
91. Toni Lee Howard  CO
92. Cynthia Nagele NY
93. Janice K Anderson MN
94. Donna Devine  OR
95. J Allen  OR
96. Susan Friedricks  CA
97. Jeanette Kremer  CA
98. Stephen Gombosi  CO
99. Ellie Smith  MA
100. Susan Bernstein  IL
101. Brian Williams NY
102. Jean Oatman OK
103.  Kenneth Stout  OK
104. Linda Bruton  OR
105. Cody A Eliff  IA
106. Crace Brummel  NC
107. Susan Murphy  NJ
108. Kristen M Haines  PA
109. LaNita Jones  AZ
110. Emily Comstock  WI
111. Deborah C Wickum  MT
112. Joseph Murray  FL
113. Susan Hua  CA
114. Lady Hawkke FL
115. Brian Crowell  CA
116. Laura Crowell CA
117. Hilary Yost   SC
118. Ann Schwartz Unitas  VA
119. Emily Zelkin  VT
120. Lori McMaster WA
121. Cathy Joritz  PA
122. Jeannie Segall  NY
123. Casey Hughes   MS
124. Kim Dickson  OK
125. Frances Morey   TX
126. Carolyn Harris   AKEmma Linn   TX
127. Venkat Murthy   VA
128. Anna Cazares   TX
129. Ann Finnerty   PA
130. Monisha Merchant CO
131. Lauren Lochridge  CA
132. Martha Rae Ross   NE
133. Cindy Schwartz  WA
134. Liz Letzler   NY
135. Pamela Africk   FL
136. Mildred Banks  OK
137. Mary Ellen Newell   PA
138. Beth Taylor  IN
139. Jane DeMarines   VA
140. Wendy Everham   IL
141. Tara J Keith   MD
142. Karen Pittinger  IL
143. Marie J DiSciullo-Naples  ME
144. Linda Genewick   CA
145. Ann Hubener  TX
146. Marc Friedland NC
147. Valerie Hirvela   FL
148. Malta F Ristorucci   NY
149. Mary Alice Lugo   CA
150. Michele Thomas   CA
151. Debra Murphy  OH
152. Lily Mariye   CA
153. Amy Parsons   CA
154. Barbara Casbar Siperstein   NJ
155. Sherry George   IA
156. Catrina Burkhard   MA
157. Darrell Reed   IA
158. Kirsten Schelbert   IL
159. Robin Carlson   CA
160. Christine Garner   MD
161. Angela Worden   FL
162. Toni Carey CA
163. Carolyn Cornwell   FL
164. Denise Anderson   CA
165. Kimberlee Mann   VA
166. Cindi Cartee   OH
167. Diane Matherly   MI
168. Michael Wagner   WA
169. Shirley Thomas   GA
170. Ruth Dube  NY
171. Ione Shadduck   IA
172. Pat Rovan   CO
173. Glenn Adams   WA
174. Rachel Musick   VA
175. Martha Lyles   NM
176. Michael J Finkle   WA
177. Elizabeth Wilmott   WA
178. Margaret Mertz  VT
179. Zulma Jordan Rosenfeld   GA
180. Belinda Velasquez   UT
181. Marc Rubin NY
182. Jean Carter Wilson TN
183. Jayson Philip   FL
184. Carol Cross   GA
185. Philip Guthrie   MD
186. Lana Stone   TX
187. Mary Edwards   IL
188. Kristi King  MD
189. Martina Kunnecke KY
190. Shirley Luther   TX
191. Deb Cummings  WA
192. Tessa Gordon  MA
193. Kathleen Lahey  MA
194. Nicholas Diomede  AZ
195. Sacha Millstone CO
196. Kay Kittlesen   TN
197. Andrea Skyberg   WI
198. Michael Greer   WI
199. Cynthia Tyler  CA
200. Mary Beth Dolan   CA
201. Shirley Thomas   GA
202. Marnie Delano  NY
203. MaeRose Tengsico   CA
204. Katherine Vincent   CO
205. Ahmir Rashid   MI
206. Mary Lou Richardson  VA
207. Susan Marten  WA
208. Halane Hughes  MS
209. Bruce Edward Bower   MI
210. Victoria Carpenter   IL
211. Lisa Bernstein   MA
212. Renee Carrigan   CO
213. Moses Estrada TX
214. Anne Marie Doherty NC
215. Sheri Herman   WI
216. Helene B. Ratner  PA
217. Angela Danovi  TN
218. Pam Hamilton OR
219. Nancy Groutsis   MA
220. Cari Sideris   WA
221. Steven D Rivas   TX
222. Hallie Travis   OR
223. Alma Sanford  TN
224. Marvin Wells   WA
225. Christopher Nicols   CA
226. Nicole Maiorino   PA
227. Mary Hatheway   PA
228. John West  IL
229. Linda Vessell   GA
230. Laura Cantalupa  NY
231. Angela Trigg  GA
232. Raymond Penko   CA
233. Jimmy Myers  TX
234. Lillian Villarreal  TX
235. Lola Hopper  TX
236. Linda Moore  TX
237. Pat Bakalian  CA
238. Bryan Gonzales  CO
239. Christine Horan  GA
240. Paula Roos  GA
241. Frances Valenzuela  TX
242. Debbie Downing  OK
243. Sheryl Abshire  LA
244. Sue Kothmann  TX
245. Victoria Oath  PA
246. Verne Oath  PA
247. James C Wark  TX
248. Will Fowlkes  GA
249. Aurora Gonzales  TX
250. Marjorie Amonett Reynolds TX
251. Joseph J Knox Jr   PA
252. Ruby De La Garza   TX
253. Ronald Dye  OK
254. Ellen Friedman  MA
255. Bernice Anderson  CA
256. Dock Jackson TX
257. Ervie Eugene Ham OR
258. Manual Diaz Garza TX
259. Mary Reyes TX
260. Bill Johnson TX
261. Linda Rangel Moore TX
262. Patrick Sandoval   TX
263. Lillian Zapata   TX
264. Lana Parker  CA
265. Jerry Pittman   TX
266. Cynthia Thomas   CA
267. Jan Smith  MD
268. Beverly Leaphart  GA
269. Dana Marie Kennedy  AZ
270. Craig Diehls   MO
271. Beth Fried  IN
272. Robert Garza TX

We are accepting additional signatories to the online version of this letter. If you would like to sign the letter please send an email to [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. Your message should included your full name, which we will add to the letter and your state and city and a contact phone number for identification purposes only. Your location and phone number will be kept private and will never appear on this site or any other public site.

Our idea is catching on...

From The Washington Note

Where are the Obama Women? What about Hillary as Majority Leader?

"

I spoke to a senior Obama campaign official yesterday who told me that they are doing all the can to rev up their female base and to get people out talking -- but that he knows it still feels like a less than adequate footprint.

I don't think women are moving en masse to McCain/Palin -- but the fizzle of enthusiasm for Obama/Biden is wanting.

Hillary Clinton is the key -- and probably always has been. It's too late to put Hillary on the ticket -- but I wonder if Obama is willing to make his first tough-minded political act his support of Hillary Clinton as Senate Majority Leader.

It would cost him as Harry Reid doesn't want to be deposed and Richard Durbin and Chuck Schumer want the job -- and she's not a formal part of Senate leadership as of now.

But extraordinary challenges require extraordinary fixes and gestures."

Clinton delegates who have signed The Letter in Support of HRC for Senate Majority Leader 09

1. Monisha Merchant  CO
2. Shirley Luther TX
3. Deb Cummings  WA
4. Barbara Geller WA
5. Michael Finkle WA
6. Carolyn Cornwell  FL
7. Cindy Schwartz WA
8. Marc Friedland NC
9. Michael Wagner WA
10. Cheryl Adams WA
11. Elizabeth Wilmott WA
12. Sacha Millstone CO
13. Ione Shadduck  IA
14. Daniel Kagan CO
15. Anne Marie Doherty NC
    
16. Moses Estrada TX
    
17. Angela Trigg, GA
18. Raymond Penko CA
    
19. Angela Danovi TN
20. Halle Travis OR
21. Alma Sanford TN
22. Marvin Well WA
23. Christopher Nicols CA
24. Linda Moore TX
25. Pat Bakalian, CA
26. Bryan Gonzales CO
27. Frances Valenzuela TX
28. Debbie Dowing OK
29. Christine Horan GA
    
30. Sheryl Abshire LA
31. Venkat Murthy VA
32. Steven Rivas TX
33. Jimmy Myers TX
    
34. Mildred Banks OK
35. Ann Hubener TX
    
36. Lillian Villareal TX
    
37. James C. Wark TX
38. Will Fowlkes GA
    
39. Lola Hoper TX
    
40. Marjorie Amonett Reynolds TX
41. Ruby De La Garza TX
42. Ronald Dye OK
43. Joseph J. Knox Jr PA
44. Helene Ratner PA
    
45. Diana Madoshi CA
46. Dock Jackson TX
    
47. Bill Johnson TX
    
48. Linda Rangel Moore TX
    
49. Beverly Leaphart GA
    
50.  Dana Marie Kennedy AZ
    
51. Robert Garza TX
    
52. Aaron Paz TX
    

So far the fifty-two signers above given us permission to identify them not only as signers of the letter urging Senators to make Senator Clinton Senate majority leader in 2009 but also as Clinton delegates to the 2008 Democratic Party Commission.  If you are a Clinton delegate who has signed and is willing to be identified as a delegate, please contact us at [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. If you are a Clinton delegate who has not yet signed please contact us at [email protected] and let us know if you are willing to sign, and if so, also be identified as a Clinton delegate. If you are a rank and file Democrat or Independent or a Democratic officeholder who wants to sign please also let us know at [email protected]. In all cases please supply full name and contact information for verification purposes. We keep that information private and list only names and states of residence publicly.

To see the latest version of the letter (with the most updated listed of signers) to Senators urging them to support Senator Clinton for majority leader in 2009, go here.

Let Democratic Senators Know that You Expect Them to Join Us in Supporting Senator Clinton for Senator Majority Leader

Contact the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, a group that claims "their mission is to elect Democrats to the United States Senate." Let them know about our letter and suggest they encourage the candidates they support to contact us at [email protected]

Tell the DSCC what we know: that any candidate who affirms Senator Clinton for Majority Leader will fare better in fundraising and better in the November Elections.

Contact the twelve Democratic Senators up for election in November to make sure they realize they could benefit tremendously from making common cause with us. Since John Kerry is one of these Senators and he has a challenger in a primary for spot on the ballot in November, please also contact Ed O'Reilly, the other potential Senatorial candidate from Massachusetts this year, and let Ed know that he could make a mighty big splash by being among the first to step forward and support Senator Clinton for Majority Leader.

Contact the sitting Democratic Senators who are not running this year but will be soon enough, and let them know about this opportunity to show their support for their colleague Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Make sure to include Senator Obama, who could return the favor of showing Senator Clinton the support she's shown him.

When contacting the above groups and individuals, please write to them as you would want to be written to yourself. Courteous persuasion, that's the ticket.

Coming soon - More Steps Rank and File Voters Can Take to Support the HRC for Majority Leader Effort

Under development - check back tonight (Tuesday, August 2)

Alternative URL for this site

The url www.hrcforsenatemajorityleader09.com will direct people precisely to this site.

Stand-alone instructions for how to become a signatory to The Letter

If you would like to sign the letter please send an email to [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. Your message should included your full name, which we will add to the letter and your state and city and a contact phone number for identification purposes only. Your location and phone number will be kept private and will never appear on this site or any other public site.

The Letter to Democratic Senators and Democratic Senate Candidates

We will be faxing and mailing a personalized copy of the letter below to every Democratic Senator and every Democratic contender for a Senate spot this November.

We are accepting additional signatories to the online version of this letter. If you would like to sign the letter please send an email to [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. Your message should included your full name, which we will add to the letter and your state and city and a contact phone number for identification purposes only. Your location and phone number will be kept private and will never appear on this site or any other public site.

Dear Senator _____:

We are active Democrats who believe that the Senate Majority Leader must be a person with great ideas and political savvy.  For the upcoming Congress, there is one special person who would fill this position with dignity and skill: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Senator Clinton's ideas and policy positions won a clear mandate from the voters of America throughout the primary season.  She has consistently demonstrated an ability to work across the aisle during her tenure as Senator from New York.  Both at home and abroad, Senator Clinton is known and respected for her talents and grace.

All Democrats who take office this November, in whatever branch of government, at the state or the federal level, will benefit from having a Democratic Senate led by a powerful, proven leader: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

We are calling on all Democratic Senators and those currently running for that office to affirm our efforts.  We ask you to share with us your support for Senator Clinton as Majority Leader by e-mailing us at: [email protected]

Once we have received your affirmation of support, we will put your name on this website and on our Act Blue fundraising page dedicated to those Democratic Senators and candidates who share our vision of seeing Hillary Rodham Clinton as majority leader. Your support will become known to Democrats far and wide as we tap into the energy and resources of those 18 million voters who put their confidence in Senator Clinton.  Those voters are now looking for her continuing leadership in domestic and international affairs, and they are looking for Senate Democrats who feel likewise.

We look forward to letting our fellow Democrats know that you join with us in working towards a stronger Democratic Party.

Sincerely,

Heidi Li Feldman DC
Will Bower DC
Marsha McLean VT

Ricki Lieberman  NY

Gina Rabbin NY

Taj Christian Magruder PA

Judy Pokras FL

Normita Fenn CA

Carrie Feuer HA

Shawna S Guitierrez Moorpark  CA

Cynthia Washington TX

Betty Foshay   MN

Bebe Michels  CA

Hernan DePaiva  DC

Ed Eblin  OH

Elizabeth Higgins  CT

Marille Hermann  MD

Sandra Otero  CA

David Piper  CA

Judith Walker Mulllin  NJ

Pam Hamilton  OR

Lynn Ellingwood  NY

Trisha Redwine  NC

Jean Parham  NC

Merri Monks  IL

Barbara Chase  CO

Emma Caron  CA

Billi Bromer  GA

Amy Morton  CA

Louann Neville NC

Kyle Raccio  CA

Casimir Sammanasu  CA

Linda Hayes  TX

Len Lauro CA

Karen Jones  OR

Jennifer Thorpe  NY

Juliette Stango  PA

David Worthington  NY

Jane Ruth  AZ

Jennifer Lyon  MI

Becky Crissman   FL

Kerri Caveny  NY

Laura Freeman  VA

Leah Faerstein  NY
Marjorie Merithew MI
Sonali Dave TX
Lisa Renee Jay RI
Natasha Todd PA
Mary Levilain OK

Emily Freeman SX

Andrea Kanter FL

Ali Dickson TX

Carol Saxe NY

P J Kemp KY

Marilyn Levin Dauphin PA

Travis Johns Denniso OH

Marilyn & Bill Heider NJ

Mary Counce NC

Katherine Cook Mundle DC

Charles Brossman TX

Carmen Negron NY

Kristen Elkington Shafto, IN

Joyce Rems Edison NJ

Diana Wilcox NJ

Wendy Lowitz IL

Shar Ananda & Lea Ananda Ukiah CA

Mitali Routh, NC

Carol Fasano NY

Lorna Wilkerson MA

Heather Stewart Harris NJ

Rosemary Rowlands NJ

Jerome Carpenter  NC

Sharon Yarborough NJ

Misty Ehrlich  ID

Nora Herndon  FL

Mary Hill  NC

Brandon Cahall PA

Ellen Hill  CA

Rhea Carlson  CA

Annie Randall  PA

Mi Troung  CA

Bridgette Laukhuff  PA

Nili Navot  NY

Kim Kuesis  IL

Amy Goldman Edgewater  NJ

Robert Nelson  CA

Lawrence Feldman  NJ

Rosemary Wilcox  PA

Toni Lee Howard  CO

Cynthia Nagele NY

Janice K Anderson MN

Donna Devine  OR

J Allen  OR
Susan Friedricks  CA

Jeanette Kremer  CA

Stephen Gombosi  CO

Ellie Smith  MA

Susan Bernstein  IL

Brian Williams NY

Jean Oatman & Kenneth Stout  OK

Linda Bruton  OR
Cody A Eliff  IA

Crace Brummel  NC

Susan Murphy  NJ

Kristen M Haines  PA
LaNita Jones  AZ

Emily Comstock  WI

Deborah C Wickum  MT

Joseph Murray  FL

Susan Hua  CA

Lady Hawkke FL

Brian & Laura Crowell  CA

Hilary Yost   SC

Ann Schwartz Unitas  VA

Emily Zelkin  VT

Lori McMaster WA

Cathy Joritz  PA

Jeannie Segall  NY

Casey Hughes   MS

Kim Dickson  OK

Frances Morey   TX

Carolyn Harris   AK

Emma Linn   TX

Venkat Murthy   VA

Anna Cazares   TX

Ann Finnerty   PA

Monisha Merchant CO

Lauren Lochridge   CA

Martha Rae Ross   NE

Cindy Schwartz  WA

Liz Letzler   NY

Pamela Africk   FL

Mildred Banks  OK

Mary Ellen Newell   PA

Beth Taylor   IN

Jane DeMarines   VA

Wendy Everham   IL

Tara J Keith   MD

Karen Pittinger   IL

Marie J DiSciullo-Naples  ME

Linda Genewick   CA

Ann Hubener  TX

Marc Friedland NC

Valerie Hirvela   FL

Malta F Ristorucci   NY

Mary Alice Lugo   CA

Michele Thomas   CA

Debra Murphy   OH

Lily Mariye   CA

Amy Parsons   CA

Barbara Casbar Siperstein   NJ

Sherry George   IA

Catrina Burkhard   MA

Darrell Reed   IA
Kirsten Schelbert   IL

Robin Carlson   CA

Christine Garner   MD

Angela Worden   FL
Toni Carey,   CA

Carolyn Cornwell   FL

Marjorie Amonett Reynolds   TX

Denise Anderson   CA

Kimberlee Mann   VA

Cindi Cartee   OH

Statement of Purpose

The Senate Republican and Democratic floor leaders are elected by the members of their party in the Senate at the beginning of each Congress. Depending on which party is in power, one serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader. The leaders serve as spokespersons for their parties' positions on issues. The majority leader schedules the daily legislative program and fashions the unanimous consent agreements that govern the time for debate.

….

The majority leader has the right to be called upon first if several senators are seeking recognition by the presiding officer, which enables him to offer motions or amendments before any other senator. Although party floor leadership posts carry great responsibility, they provide few specific powers. Instead, floor leaders have largely had to depend on their individual skill, intelligence, and personality. Majority leaders seek to balance the needs of senators of both parties to express their views fully on a bill with the pressures to move the bill as quickly as possible toward enactment. These conflicting demands have required majority leaders to develop skills in compromise, accommodation, and diplomacy. Lyndon Johnson, who held the post in the 1950s, once said that the greatest power of the majority leader was "the power of persuasion."

The majority leader usually works closely with the minority leader so that, as Senator Bob Dole explained, "we never surprise each other on the floor." The party leaders meet frequently with the president and with the leaders of the House of Representatives. The majority leader also greets foreign dignitaries visiting the Capitol.

From the U.S. Senate’s official website.

(Emphases added.)

The power of the Senate Majority turns largely on the talents of the Majority Leader who must be a person with great ideas and extremely political savvy.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton fits the bill perfectly. Her ideas and policy positions have won a clear mandate from the voters of America. She has demonstrated repeatedly an ability to work across the aisle to attain major legislative accomplishments; but she has also demonstrated that she will not simply cave to expediency (e.g. her vote on the FISA bill, her ongoing fight to ensure reproductive rights for all). As for meeting with foreign dignitaries, - Senator Clinton is known and respected around the world. If her peers elect her as majority leader, this will send the message to all those abroad that she is just as respected here at home.

To become the Senate Majority Leader in 2009, Senator Clinton must win election to that position by being voted into it by her fellow Democratic Senators.

To that end, we call upon all Democratic Senators and those currently running for Senate seats to endorse our effort. We have created an Act Blue page on which we will include any Democratic Senator or senatorial candidate who confirms to us their support for and desire to vote for Senator Clinton for Senate Majority Leader. We will then spread the word of that page far and wide and we believe we will be able to tap into the resources of the 18,000 million people who put their confidence in Senator Clinton in the primary season and who now look for her continuing leadership in our country’s national and international affairs.

In our next post we will present the letter we will be sending Democratic Senators and Democrats running for Senate this year. We will be accepting additional signatories to this letter. If you would like to sign the letter please send an email to [email protected] with "signer" in the subject line. Your message should included your full name, which we will add to the letter and your state and city and a contact phone number for identification purposes only. Your location and phone number will be kept private and will never appear on this site or any other public site.