2016 Postmortem

TheDormouse

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37. why doesn't she just say clearly & directly what she believes without obfuscation?

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 06:39 PM

Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton: ‘I favor a $12 an hour minimum wage’
11/03/15

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday stated in her most clear language yet that she supports a $12 an hour minimum wage, which falls short of the level sought by many labor unions but is higher than the one favored by President Obama.

“I favor a $12 an hour minimum wage at the federal level,” Clinton said at a town hall in Coralville, Iowa. “That would be setting it at a level that would be equivalent to the point in our history where the minimum wage was at its highest” since 1986, she said.

Clinton’s rivals for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, support a call by many labor unions to raise the wage to $15 an hour, a move already made by several cities like Los Angeles and Seattle.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/hillary-clinton-i-favor-12-hour-minimum-wage

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Hillary clarifies her stance on $15 min wage... [View all] Ino Apr 2016 OP

Is it raining out? "Weather is a complex matter...This requires further study. ." Armstead Apr 2016 #1

A weathervane might be in order. ..nt TeeYiYi Apr 2016 #3

But we need 10 otehr weather-vanes to ensure that the first weather-vane is accurate Armstead Apr 2016 #6

I'll look into that. TeeYiYi Apr 2016 #9

Closer: "After I went to work for the Childrens Defense Fund, but before my Bin Laden raid..." CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #13

Oh No....Not loreum ipsum. The Big Bad One! Armstead Apr 2016 #19

Have you ever met anyone like that, who just loses you in words? CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #22

yep Armstead Apr 2016 #23

Well let's see... SHRED Apr 2016 #15

thanks, I'm stealing that from you nt TheDormouse Apr 2016 #36

No problem...I did. :-) SHRED Apr 2016 #44

it all plays into her situational ethics & moral flexibility... Yurovsky Apr 2016 #43

try not to starve as we phase in relief roguevalley Apr 2016 #17

When a yes or no question can't be answered with a simple "yes", then the answer is "no". CentralCoaster Apr 2016 #2

Her answer is always, "Well . . . . . the way I see it . . . . " pdsimdars Apr 2016 #10

If there is a next debate - there it is - the drinking game! Everytime Hillary answers a question jillan Apr 2016 #24

Alcohol poisoning is no fun DJ13 Apr 2016 #38

Lol!! jillan Apr 2016 #42

The release of methane is *always* present n/t Blue Meany Apr 2016 #4

I'm ok with nuance, not so much with weasle words... Blue Meany Apr 2016 #11

The caveat about places with lower costs of living is valid griffi94 Apr 2016 #5

She always gives herself plausible deniability so later no one can say she flipped or flopped. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #7

She and the "inside the beltway" may think she's too clever by half and admire her "flexibility" pdsimdars Apr 2016 #12

$15 now or in three years.... peace13 Apr 2016 #8

I guess that's another case of beedle Apr 2016 #14

Her stance on the death penalty follows the same pattern. Broward Apr 2016 #16

"we are going to pick the best way or combination..." Autumn Apr 2016 #18

I like how she tried to blame... Ino Apr 2016 #28

She never accepts responsibility. Autumn Apr 2016 #30

I'm surprised she didn't say it was a sexist question. Marr Apr 2016 #40

What a champion! Scuba Apr 2016 #20

Oy . . . someone bring me the decoder ring. Nanjeanne Apr 2016 #21

Compared to what the Republicans are offering, this bickering about $12 or $15 is stupid Dem2 Apr 2016 #25

Yeah but it's the whole package deal with Hillary that is the problem. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #26

I don't know, I'm not obsessed with hating her Dem2 Apr 2016 #29

If you really think that you haven't been paying attention. Kalidurga Apr 2016 #31

Well that's either an ad hominem or I don't know what it is Dem2 Apr 2016 #32

Nah you are probably busy and have a life Kalidurga Apr 2016 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Apr 2016 #41

Sanders doesn't support $15 either. His "plan" takes so long to phase in Hoyt Apr 2016 #27

So in other words... Corporate666 Apr 2016 #34

that's like saying "yes" while shaking your head "no" nt TheDormouse Apr 2016 #35

why doesn't she just say clearly & directly what she believes without obfuscation? TheDormouse Apr 2016 #37

She has said again and again the sweet spot for Dem support in the senate is 12$- which means that bettyellen Apr 2016 #39