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In reply to the discussion: My take on Hillary Clinton's motives in breaking with Obama on foreign policy [View all]joshcryer
(62,536 posts)That wasn't the case in 2008 or even arguably in 2012. They're not fantastic domestically, mind you, but they're stable. So what else big policy issues can the MSM make into some sort of agenda setting?
All Clinton has to do is pick a moderately liberal candidate like Julien Castro and then liberals will swallow the pill.
Obama hasn't wound anything down, really, he increased the drone wars exponentially, but they do sell well to the American public, admittedly. The military budget is only reduced due to the sequester and due to leaving Iraq and Afghanistan, otherwise it's larger than the next 13 countries' budgets combined.
The problem with anti-war democrats is that pretty much every damn district has a military base or something related to military in it. Or at least districts that matter. MIC is everywhere.