2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: THIS is who they want to put in the Whitehouse? Really?!? [View all]Herman4747
(1,825 posts)"If we really want this (Medicare for all), the POTUS isn't where it's going to start. Taking back Congress has to be our first goal."
We DO REALLY WANT THIS. So we have our president pushing for it, even against a Republican Congress, to make it easier to pass when the Dems eventually retake Congress. If for decades the Democratic President never pushed for Medicare for all (or other core Democratic principles, e.g. Glass Steagall established by FDR, $15 minimum wage, etc.), the question will arise "Why?" And the lack of continuous Democratic presidential approval of Medicare-for-all would be an obstacle to overcome, especially in the Senate where filibusters are allowed.
"She opposes marijuana legalization.
outdated."
She will change her position if she believes that doing so advances her political career. The trouble is, she could just as easily shift back, if she thinks it necessary.
Fracking, and Hillary's leftward shift on climate. Given that ONLY NOW is she undertaking a "leftward shift on climate,"
The article that you yourself provide is most telling about how opportunistic Hillary is, when she thinks votes might be at stake.
From that article, we read: "Helped along by President Obama and Bernie Sanders, Clinton has broken her silence on fossil fuel extraction." Now do please explain why Bernie Sanders has to force her to do the right thing. Explain why it is only now that she is shifting left, rather than a decade ago.
From that same article you provide:
"Clinton doesn't appear to be endorsing anything too radical, or so far beyond what President Barack Obama has already started."
Throughout her career, Hillary has not been capable of thinking "outside the box."
Moving on,
On Snowden. "I see nothing there that is particularly unfair, untoward, or condemning of Mr. Snowden." If Mr. Snowden came back under a Hillary presidency, she and her attorney general would go after him. Pointedly, SHE HAS NEVER PRAISED EDWARD SNOWDEN FOR BEING A LIBERAL HERO -- in her mind, that might cost her votes, you see.
Guy, you only get ONE vote. Just one. Now with that vote, who would you rather vote for: a Bill Clinton, or an FDR? Think it over.