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In reply to the discussion: You won't see Hillary Clinton in the same light ever again [View all]cui bono
(19,926 posts)And I take a big issue with using a term such as "New American Center". I doubt anyone can really define what that is. It's just another label that they'll use to continue to divide us into teams.
There are many issues that an unify the left and right that a populist could run on. Leaving aside the barrge of hate that would be spewed at her coming from the media in the real world, I think if the message was on mark she would speak to a large number of R's as well when she speaks of our economic situation and a corrupt corporatism gone rampant. If politics weren't divided into two teams, people on the other side might actually hear the message and agree with most of it. The social issues the right likes to run on are disappearing. Sure they have made headway against abortion on a state by state basis, and that is truly horrible, but there really isn't much turning back the clock they can do on other civil rights issues that spark a real emotional response from them.
But most importantly, while it's fine to analyze, we shouldn't ever give up without trying. Howard Dean came out from almost nowhere. The media/TPTB made sure to get rid of him when he looked like he might take it.
There are a lot of obstacles, but I don't think one of them is the American people if you could only get rid of the corporate controlled obstacles.