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ehrnst

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7. Candidates generally move towards the center after primaries

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 07:21 AM

Aug 2016

Except for Trump, because Trump.

Perhaps I'm not as well read as Krugman, but I haven't seen the calls from these Centrist Democrats for her to go right.

I don't care what commentators say - She hasn't had a chance to move right, and GOP leadership are jumping ship because they realize the crazies have the wheel - yes they let the crazies in the wheelhouse, but they know they're not going to survive the trip.

I think if Hillary stays true to what the majority of Democrats have elected her to do, the sensible left in the GOP will go with her. The true Hillary haters among them will never change, and they'll go with Johnson if they can't stand Trump.

I think that she knows this. Trump going off the cliff makes her look way more moderate simply by comparison, no matter that the disgruntled seem to think that GOP defecting to her is "evidence" that she's going more conservative.

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Krugman warns against the temptation for Dems to 'Go Right' [View all] HereSince1628 Aug 2016 OP

move right! move right! more right! right? w0nderer Aug 2016 #1

Triangulation has been a dance with a lot of slide-steps to the right. HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #5

to defeat the 'enemy' ... w0nderer Aug 2016 #19

"Derp spiral" Warren DeMontague Aug 2016 #2

Thanks. flpoljunkie Aug 2016 #3

We would have just as much success electorally shawn703 Aug 2016 #4

Tom Fucking Friedman was arguing for just that in the NYT recently Fast Walker 52 Aug 2016 #6

Candidates generally move towards the center after primaries ehrnst Aug 2016 #7

Well, that's the popular meme HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #8

There was a piece in yesterday,s NYT calling for her to move right to "win" emulatorloo Aug 2016 #13

Thanks for the clarification. ehrnst Aug 2016 #18

It was arguably necessary in the 90s when the GOP was more unified and not so Tea-Partyish. randome Aug 2016 #9

"the now crumbling ediface of the republican party" Martin Eden Aug 2016 #10

Looks to me bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #11

Reagan Democrats..... AlbertCat Aug 2016 #12

+1 LWolf Aug 2016 #20

I'm so confused. Didn't he lead the march to the right? Baitball Blogger Aug 2016 #14

Sounds good.... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #15

Krugman: I don’t think there’s much prospect that Mrs. Clinton will actually do that. But if by any pampango Aug 2016 #16

He's about 25 years too late. TalkingDog Aug 2016 #17

We are probably going to end up like Canada...three major parties. roamer65 Aug 2016 #21

Probably not in my lifetime, but it's a big old goofy world HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #22