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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThird Way Cautions Clinton against Moving too Far to the Left
Obama leaves Clinton with a Democratic Party moving left
Jordan Fabian
Politico
Democrats, from the progressive left to the center, are mostly united on these social issues. That wasnt the case 20 years ago, and were very, very happy about it, said Jim Kessler, senior vice president for policy at the center-left think tank Third Way.
But on these economic issues, if the party moves too far left, Donald Trump will be president.
Facing a tough challenge from Sanders, Hillary Clinton was forced during the primaries to prove her progressive bona fides and craft a political identity separate from her husbands.
She did so by abandoning her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiated by Obama; by embracing calls for gun control; by endorsing an expansion of Social Security benefits; and by championing LGBT rights and immigration reform.
Were living in an economic populist moment, said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. The winner of the general election will be the candidate who has the volume highest on populist ideas.
Jordan Fabian
Politico
Democrats, from the progressive left to the center, are mostly united on these social issues. That wasnt the case 20 years ago, and were very, very happy about it, said Jim Kessler, senior vice president for policy at the center-left think tank Third Way.
But on these economic issues, if the party moves too far left, Donald Trump will be president.
Facing a tough challenge from Sanders, Hillary Clinton was forced during the primaries to prove her progressive bona fides and craft a political identity separate from her husbands.
She did so by abandoning her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiated by Obama; by embracing calls for gun control; by endorsing an expansion of Social Security benefits; and by championing LGBT rights and immigration reform.
Were living in an economic populist moment, said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. The winner of the general election will be the candidate who has the volume highest on populist ideas.
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Third Way Cautions Clinton against Moving too Far to the Left (Original Post)
portlander23
Jul 2016
OP
All the social concessions you want, just no new taxes, don't touch our money. nt
bemildred
Jul 2016
#9
Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. No worries.
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)2. Where'd they issue their fatwah? From a van down by the river?
(in honor of Matt Foley, motivational speaker).
portlander23
(2,078 posts)3. Just saying
?
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)7. ...
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)4. May I point out...
the 'far left' candidate lost.
In "the left's" presidential primary.
"Cautions Clinton against Moving too Far to the Left" seems an appropriate warning.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)8. Except she already did. And it worked...
Me.
(35,454 posts)5. Being For Can Be As Effective As Being Against.
We have to have a message for the suburbs and the exurbs thats about economic growth, not just about economic grievance, he said. A message about economic grievance only goes so far. I am not denying the legitimacy of the grievances. But to go out and win, we have to have a broader message for the suburbs.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)6. F()<% right wingers!
Eom
bemildred
(90,061 posts)9. All the social concessions you want, just no new taxes, don't touch our money. nt