2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders Beats Clinton 49-49: The Real Story Behind the Iowa Numbers [View all]mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)... is just a cheap way to get people to stop criticizing their beloved candidate. For instance, when quoting Hillary saying she was a centrist was a "low blow," it's a shift from what she actually said to imply that Bernie or his supporters were behaving badly. The original question - is Hillary a centrist - not a progressive as she occasionally decides she wants to beknown as - is still a critical question.
"Centrists" in this case are people who want to, basically, keep things going pretty much like they have been. Unfortunatly the trend for the last 30+ years is to put more and more of the tax and financial burdens on the middle class and poor, and away from the affluent. That can not go on forever. People will soon have nothing left to lose, and that makes for a very unstable society. Hillary is not what we need.