2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary backing out of Debate PROVES she'll back out on her Progressive policies. [View all]highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)She'll gain as many Bernie supporters and people who like his message of all types.
She's gain credibility for staying true to her word.
She'll gain the best available platform for going up against Donald Trump, politician of the hour and of the people till proven otherwise.
She'll gain a separation from Bill Clinton's administration, which is really what she needs if she wants to be the politician of this hour and of the People as expressed today.
There's more, but there's quite a lot to gain.
Nothing but old habits the other way. At least for her role as representative of the Democratic Party.
What she has to gain from going right is all her collusion with Wall Street and so forth.
I'm not naive enough to think that isn't a large incentive, although a wholly dishonest and reprehensible one. In my opinion, she can
1. stay as Progressive as the primaries or even take it further or 2. she can go backwards to the right, very possibly lose the GE, of if she wins become the ultimate Wall Street tool.