After Public Flap, Key Clinton Ally Might Rejoin 2016 Super PAC

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending the Opening Plenary Session: 'Reimagining Impact' at the Clinton Global Initiative at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City on September 22, 20... Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending the Opening Plenary Session: 'Reimagining Impact' at the Clinton Global Initiative at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City on September 22, 2014/picture alliance Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/Geisler-Fotopres/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images MORE LESS
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After the most public fight among the groups that make up the proto-Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign surfaced Monday, they seem to be reconciling.

David Brock, founder of the pro-Clinton groups American Bridge, Correct the Record and Media Matters, resigned angrily on Monday from the Priorities USA super PAC’s board. He accused some of the super PAC’s officials of leaking negative information about one of his top fundraisers to the New York Times.

But within 24 hours, Brock and Priorities released a joint statement that opened the door for him to return to the super PAC’s board.

“After talking to several leaders of Priorities USA Action, I am confident they want to address the situation. I’m open to returning to the board and I share their desire to find a way to move forward,” Brock said. “We will be meeting to work on establishing that path and strengthening our relationship and getting back to the important work we need to do in this election cycle.”

That sentiment was echoed in an accompanying statement from Priorities USA co-chair Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor.

“We take the concerns board member David Brock raises seriously and are working to address them,” she said. “We’ve worked seamlessly with American Bridge and Correct the Record and we will continue that strong collaborative relationship — because we all have the same shared goals.”

It was a striking reversal from their messy separation just hours earlier, when Brock accused unspecified Priorities officials of “an orchestrated political hit job.”

Until that drama broke into the open on Monday, the groups — along with the grassroots organizing group Ready for Hillary — had worked fairly seamlessly in laying the groundwork for Clinton’s all-but-assured candidacy. Brock’s groups and Priorities USA are expected to have active roles once, as widely expected, Clinton announces her candidacy in the coming months.

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  1. Avatar for rssrai rssrai says:

    I bet that Hillary told them all they would be out of her campaign if they couldn’t get a alone together. Also, if I was her I would fire the person who talked to the NY Times, and Politico. She should tell them nothing goes out anywhere unless she knows. You can’t stop gossip, but you can make sure the gossip is true.

  2. Missed opportunities, the Democrats s/b using the latest ploys of the Republican Party to lay the foundation for the future. Perfect weather conditions for 'SWIFT-BOAT- attacks.
    As usual the Republicans are blowing smoke-up everyone’s hooty-pit-tooty. Scott Walker off to England and Boner’s Israel game plan. Fear mongering with the latest news of large amounts s of money from their super donors. Distractions from the obvious INCOMPETENCE. .

  3. Sometime at the end of 2022 President Clinton, with Vice President (and President-Elect) Joaquin Castro standing at her, side will make a remark recalling the few days in February 2015 when gloom and doom was predicted for her chance of becoming president.

  4. Avatar for chammy chammy says:

    Yawnnnnnn

  5. I think Chelsea is yet too young to be president. Or did you mean Roger?

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