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In reply to the discussion: Clinton Says Again She's Not Running [View all]AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)this one in particular by Nate Silver http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/29/how-liberal-is-president-obama/ questioning the DW-NOMINATE rating of presidents. Of note, DW-NOMINATE also rated Obama more liberal albeit slightly than HClinton. http://voteview.com/Clinton_and_Obama.htm To believe one analysis and not the other from the same source is what cherry-picking looks like.
On point, nowhere in my post did I make the assertion that Obama is a progressive, although your shall we say kneejerk response in that regard is revealing. Secondly, I did not make assumptions about BClinton. In point of fact, I listed several of the policies enacted on his watch that stand in stark contrast to your assertion that he was a more liberal president.
FTR, I believe O's presidency is a work in progress and so are the analyses.