Re: What if Hillary's fake to the Right fools the wrong side?


"Lars Overshank" <lars@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Your article shows that a lot of leftist Democrats think she's made a
>> tactical error, but it really doesn't show that a lot of people think
>> she's
>> moved to the right.
>
> Not quite, slick; It also shows what those leftist Democrats think that
> tactical error *was*, based on the threat that was made in response,
> namely, to run someone to her left in the primaries if she keeps it up.
> They are beginning to doubt her lefty bona fides.
>
> You can refuse to admit it, but there have been articles all over the
> place for months, from both sides, that Hillary seems to be trying to
> re-position herself on the left/right continuum. So much so that her
> people even had to issue an official denial of sorts, saying that she
> hasn't moved right, she was there all along (oh, THAT'S gotta be real
> comforting.) In any case, the screaming left doesn't think so, because
> they weren't screaming about it before, but they sure are now.
>
> So you can claim to have no proof all you want -- Enough lefties
> apparently have enough proof to throw a fit over it and get written up
> in the WaPo. And in politics, perception like that matters.
>
> Lars
>

ONE lefty in that article hinted that candidates to Hillary's left would be
strengthened if she allied herself to closely with the DLC. Maybe there ARE
a bunch of other leftist Democrats claiming that she's moved to the right,
but the article does not show that.
The complaints that I have read about the DLC state more that it's a
divisive, ineffective body, and less that it's too far to the right.
I don't know what path Clinton will end up taking. She may well take a
rightward stance - which would be a shame. But (as I stated in my original
post, which I'll stand by), I don't think she's currently advocating a
shift to the right.
So, you know what *I* think about Hillary. Check out the dailykos or
the Campaign for America's Future webpages, and see what they say about the
DLC and Clinton.


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