MORNING MESSAGE
Sanders
has been clear all along: He’s building a movement for radical change. Clinton
won the nomination. She gets to choose whether to embrace that movement or
ignore it, whether to adopt that platform or avoid it, whether to change the
party or maintain the old order. We know what Bernie will do. The question is
what Clinton will do.
SANDERS, CLINTON MEET
No
formal agreement after meeting. Bloomberg: “He left without making any
remarks and headed back to Vermont. The two campaigns released similar
statements saying they talked about their common goals … Sanders hasn’t yet
worked out the details of what he’ll be doing before the convention … He
announced in an e-mail to supporters Tuesday that he will detail his plans on
Thursday at 8:30 p.m. New York time in a live online video.”
Sanders
winning the platform, reports TNR’s David Dayen from the platform drafting
committee: “Clinton’s allies, if they’re intent on seeking the typical broad
coalition heading into the general election, could simply outvote the Sanders
faction and brush aside their viewpoints. But on several issues, that would put
Clinton at odds not just with Sanders supporters, but with the mainstream of the
party
Progressives
need a more modern agenda than Sanders’, argues Mark Schmitt in NYT oped:
“…while progressive organizations such as the Roosevelt Institute have developed
fairly complex visions for strengthening regulation of Wall Street and banks and
reducing the overall ‘financialization’ of the economy, Mr. Sanders continued to
fixate on restoring the Glass-Steagall Act … Mr. Sanders made the $15 minimum
wage a cornerstone … But his campaign barely focused on other issues related to
work, such as the challenges posed by new employment models in the on-demand, or
‘gig,’ economy…”
“Rock
Against the TPP” tour launches. W. Post: “Former Rage Against the Machine
guitarist Tom Morello will headline a free concert July 23 at the Summit Music
Hall in Denve … [Organizers] are promising more appearances in other
cities.”
Union
coalesce around Clinton. The Hill: “…in interviews with The Hill, 58 local
chapter leaders representing 19 unions in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and
Wisconsin said they believe their members are overwhelmingly backing Clinton …
local union leaders said support for Sanders isn’t translating to support for
Trump.”
“Reid,
Schumer split on Warren for vice president” reports The Hill: “A senior
Democratic source … said the minority leader has recommended Warren [to] rev up
the party’s base … Schumer, however, is worried about putting Warren’s seat in
Republican hands … Centrist Democratic senators, who tend to fall into Schumer’s
camp, think Clinton’s path to victory lies in picking up centrist Republican
voters who are turned off by Trump.”
TRUMP TAKES POLL HITS
Trump
down 12 in Bloomberg poll: “… 55 percent of those polled saying they could
never vote for the real-estate developer and TV personality … said pollster J.
Ann Selzer … ‘Her supporters are more enthusiastic than Trump’s and more voters
overall see her becoming a more appealing candidate than say that for
Trump.'”
Record
unfavorable for Trump in W. Post/ABC poll: “Trump’s unfavorable rating, in
fact, far surpasses Hillary Clinton’s even as the presumptive Democratic nominee
receives her worst ratings in more than two decades in public life. The poll
finds 70 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Trump, including a 56
percent majority who feel this way ‘strongly.'”
ECONOMIC HEADWINDS LOOM
Clinton
campaign worries about Brexit. Politico: “Clinton is counting on a
strengthening US economy … But a vote in favor of the UK leaving the EU,
especially if it’s followed by similar movements in Italy, France and other EU
nations, could damage a US economy … by driving stock prices lower, pushing the
dollar higher, sapping investor and consumer confidence and damaging critical US
trading partners.”
Fed
not expected to raise rates this week. NPR: “…the Labor Department’s latest
monthly jobs report showed much weaker job gains than expected in May … there’s
the looming Brexit vote … nobody knows for sure exactly what’s happening with
productivity … most analysts expect the Fed to stay cautious…”
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