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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Clinton Camp says She's Been Forced to the Left Enough Already [View all]
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/29/clinton-camp-says-shes-been-forced-left-enough-alreadyClinton ally tells The Hill, "I don't know what's left to extract."
Fresh after Bernie Sanders' call for a "a fifty-state strategy... to plant the flag of progressive politics" nationwide, new reporting on Friday suggests that Hillary Clinton's campaign won't be budged any further to the left.
After Clinton claimed more victories in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania this week, Sanders said, "we are in this race until the last vote is cast," adding that his campaign would head "to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia with as many delegates as possible to fight for a progressive party platform."
Steps forward on issues that would constitute such a platform can already be seen in the race, observers say. As Max Ehrenfreund writes at Washington Post's Wonkblog Friday,
In the course of fending off Sanders's challenge, Clinton appears to have conceded to him on a couple of major economic policy issues. The former U.S. senator and secretary of state has abandoned the centrist positions she previously held on trade and Social Security and taken stances closer to Sanders's views.
That's not all that surprising, given factors apart from Sanders, Ehrenfreund writes. He points to data from Pew Research Center showing Americans' attitudes on various issues including race, poverty, regulation, and foreign policy are becoming more progressive. And there's also the influence of politicians like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in areas like Social Security, he notes.
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Will this become a non-starter at the Convention?
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LOL....!!! I wonder if we will make it to Greece's stature by the 2nd or 3rd year of her Admin.
Katashi_itto
Apr 2016
#2
Agreed. I fully expect it with the corporate looting her sponsers will be doing to us.
Unicorn
Apr 2016
#19
It's not just about what we the people support, if contrary to her donors' interests. That's the
JudyM
Apr 2016
#13
Careful. If Bernie takes the pressure off she'll sproing across the room and bump her head
GoneFishin
Apr 2016
#7
She is who she is. Apparently the voters like her just the way she is. Look at her vote count ...
NurseJackie
Apr 2016
#15
I understand that through their pride and vanity they choose to "send a message" ...
NurseJackie
Apr 2016
#43
Except the Republican voters can't stand her either. She can't go looking for votes there.
w4rma
Apr 2016
#54
I guess we'll have to turn up the heat and hold her feet to the fire.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2016
#55