Can somebody outline the relationship between Hillary Clinton and the C-Street Family for me?

[BolivarianHero]

I know she's been tied to them and that she recognizes David Coe as a mentor, but is she really part of the nutty right or is there something else going on here? I know Aussie Labor is full of nominal social democrats who are deeply entrenched within that country's powerful Pentecostal far-right.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Con alma gemela

[DURHAM D]

2. She is definitely not one of the Republic of Gilead handmaids.

[MadHound]

3. Here, you can read it for yourself

It isn't pretty or reassuring
<http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/09/hillarys-prayer-hillary-clintons-religion-and-politics>

"It was an elegant example of the Clinton style, a rhetorical maneuver subtle, bold, and banal all at once. During a Democratic candidate forum in June, hosted by the liberal evangelical group Sojourners, Hillary Clinton fielded a softball query about Bill's infidelity: How had her faith gotten her through the Lewinsky scandal?
After a glancing shot at Republican "pharisees," Clinton explained that, of course, her "very serious" grounding in faith had helped her weather the affair. But she had also relied on the "extended faith family" that came to her aid, "people whom I knew who were literally praying for me in prayer chains, who were prayer warriors for me."

Such references to spiritual warfare—prayer as battle against Satan, evil, and sin—might seem like heavy evangelical rhetoric for the senator from New York, but they went over well with the Sojourners audience, as did her call to "inject faith into policy." It was language that recalled Clinton's Jesus moment a year earlier, when she'd summoned the Bible to decry a Republican anti-immigrant initiative that she said would "criminalize the good Samaritan...and even Jesus himself." Liberal Christians crowed ("Hillary Clinton Shows the Way Democrats Can Use the Bible," declared a blogger at TPMCafe) while conservative pundits cried foul, accusing Clinton of scoring points with a faith not really her own.

In fact, Clinton's God talk is more complicated—and more deeply rooted—than either fans or foes would have it, a revelation not just of her determination to out-Jesus the gop, but of the powerful religious strand in her own politics. Over the past year, we've interviewed dozens of Clinton's friends, mentors, and pastors about her faith, her politics, and how each shapes the other. And while media reports tend to characterize Clinton's subtle recalibration of tone and style as part of the Democrats' broader move to recapture the terrain of "moral values," those who know her say there's far more to it than that.

Through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the Fellowship. Her collaborations with right-wingers such as Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and former Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) grow in part from that connection. "A lot of evangelicals would see that as just cynical exploitation," says the Reverend Rob Schenck, a former leader of the militant anti-abortion group Operation Rescue who now ministers to decision makers in Washington. "I don't....there is a real good that is infected in people when they are around Jesus talk, and open Bibles, and prayer."

[justiceischeap]

4. I tend to think all politicians pander

Not to call Hillary's faith or her belief in "The C Street Family" into question or negate its negative impact. But I have to wonder if a female in Washington wants to run for office of the President (and if you believe HC didn't have her eye on that ball when a First Lady, you're naive) you have to go places you'd never normally go...hence the pandering. I know some folks on DU think HC is a Repuke in Dems clothing or worse but politics is a game and everyone who is successful, well, they successfully play that game and sometimes that means associating with unsavory characters.

[Autumn]

6. Good points, I think that goes for

male or female. I have seen a lot of them "get religion" when they are running. Pandering is a big part of the game. To me, it was always clear her goal was the White House. Why not? She is a damn smart politician.

[dgibby]

5. She has attended Bible study with the women's groups associated with the "Family".

Here are some articles that might be of help.

http://search.aol.com/aol/search?query=Hillary+Clinton%2FThe+Family%2FDavid+Coe&s_it=keyword_rollover&c.userid=4132198435494441665