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(24,852 posts)"Clinton has made some adjustments to her thinking when it comes to Social Security over the past couple years," Manley said.
"On many economic issues, Clintons positions are more moderate than those of Sanders. Unlike him, she hasnt fully endorsed a $15 hourly minimum wage nationwide, saying only that if presented with a bill to create one, she wouldn't veto it. She has rejected Sanderss proposals for universal, federal health insurance and for eliminating tuition at public colleges and universities.
"When it comes to financial reform, Clinton has endorsed only a limited version of the kind of huge sales tax on purchases of stock and other securities that Sanders has proposed. Sanderss tax, economist Baker said approvingly, would amount to "digging the guts out of Wall Street."
As far as her position on TPP, Politifact reported:
In her 2014 memoir Hard Choices, she wrote:
"Because TPP negotiations are still ongoing, it makes sense to reserve judgment until we can evaluate the final proposed agreement. Its safe to say the TPP wont be perfect -- no deal negotiated among a dozen countries ever will be -- but its higher standards, if implemented and enforced, should benefit American businesses and workers."
"In fairness to Clinton, the TPP was still under negotiation when Clinton made the "gold standard" comment. The partners only finalized the deal this year. Its quite possible the deal looks dramatically different than it did at the early stages of negotiations, when Clinton was at the State Department -- something Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill pointed out to us for this fact-check. The negotiations have been conducted in secret, so its hard for us to assess that ourselves. Also, as secretary of state, she spoke as a representative of the Obama administration, which was and remains wholeheartedly in favor of the deal."
So, no, Sanders has not been pulling her to the left. She's gotten there all on her own, long before that DINO decided to run for the D nomination.