Bernie Is Not Pushing Hillary To The Left Or In A Progressive Direction.

[imagine2015]

It's just meaningless election campaign rhetoric to pick up votes folks and does not represent a change in Hillary's real political/economic views and opnions.

[peacebird]

1. True. She is right of center, with center now being where R's were in Reagans era.

[HereSince1628]

4. Which makes her the lessor of two evils for Cheney republicans like Eliot Cohen

At some point all that 'triangulation' just had to run out of room in the middle. It seems like it didn't take as long for those on the left as those on the right.

Why look at this as a -bad- thing. She'll bring in a bunch of new voters. It'll stretch the tent.

[peacebird]

9. Bernie is bringing a bunch of new voters, and they are stretching the party back to the left.

[BernieforPres2016]

7. Great quote from journalist Christopher Hedges

"The genius of Bill Clinton is that he pushed the Democratic Party so far right it became the Republican Party and pushed the Republican Party so far right it became insane."

[Mufaddal]

2. Yeah, this is a dumb media narrative

Bernie has forced her to adopt leftist rhetoric. To translate that into a qualitative change on positions is a huge logical error. It's the difference between appearance vs. essence. If she won the nomination, even the rhetoric and talking points would pivot the minute she entered the general--to say nothing of how her positions would recalibrate if she made it to office.

[MisterP]

3. yeah, that narrative relies on being able to trust her in any way, ever

[Cheese Sandwich]

5. True she's faking the funk

[Skwmom]

6. No DUH.

[ibegurpard]

8. It's nonsense

The only rhetoric you can reasonably trust from her is that which matches her past rhetoric and record. And even that should be taken with a grain of salt.