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portlander23

(2,078 posts)
Mon Jul 4, 2016, 10:47 AM Jul 2016

Third 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 wasn’t the case 20 years ago, and we’re 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 husband’s.

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.

“We’re 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
No worries. Scuba Jul 2016 #1
Where'd they issue their fatwah? From a van down by the river? emulatorloo Jul 2016 #2
Just saying portlander23 Jul 2016 #3
... emulatorloo Jul 2016 #7
May I point out... yallerdawg Jul 2016 #4
Except she already did. And it worked... Tiggeroshii Jul 2016 #8
Being For Can Be As Effective As Being Against. Me. Jul 2016 #5
F()<% right wingers! PowerToThePeople Jul 2016 #6
All the social concessions you want, just no new taxes, don't touch our money. nt bemildred Jul 2016 #9

emulatorloo

(43,979 posts)
2. Where'd they issue their fatwah? From a van down by the river?
Mon Jul 4, 2016, 10:52 AM
Jul 2016

(in honor of Matt Foley, motivational speaker).

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
4. May I point out...
Mon Jul 4, 2016, 11:19 AM
Jul 2016

the 'far left' candidate lost.

In "the left's" presidential primary.

"Cautions Clinton against Moving too Far to the Left" seems an appropriate warning.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
5. Being For Can Be As Effective As Being Against.
Mon Jul 4, 2016, 11:26 AM
Jul 2016

“We have to have a message for the suburbs and the exurbs … that’s 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.”

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