What is Hillary's optimum strategy in the general?

[Fumesucker]

Assuming for the purposes of this thread that Hillary has won the primary then what?

A cynical strategist (is there any other kind?) would advise her to go to the right until she is just to the left of the leftmost Republican, Attila the Hun.

That would be the safe bet, who else are you gonna vote for suckas?

On the other hand Hillary could throw caution and prudence to the wind and tack hard left in the general, there is something to be said for that.

[Agschmid]

1. She is a good liberal, she will stay with her path IMO.

[JRLeft]

3. She's a liberal er moderate er liberal er moderate er conservative.

You never know.

[Agschmid]

4. I know how I feel about it.

[jfern]

21. Hahahahahahahaahhahaha

Best laugh all day

[1StrongBlackMan]

31. Exactly ... HRC has staked out a policy place ...

that is where the vast majority of Americans that would vote for her are at. She will not have to tack to the right.

The only folks that she will have trouble attracting, especially given the nuttiness of the gop, will be the right fringe and the fringe of the left ... neither of which would vote for her, regardless of her policy stances.

[Agschmid]

39. Yup.

[JI7]

2. what's hard left ?

[Fumesucker]

5. That depends on who you ask

[think]

6. I heard she's going to get tough on Wallstreet or something.....

[Fumesucker]

10. Make them fetch their own switch

Bring a thin one and they get sent back out for another one.

[Faux pas]

7. Tacking and being

are two different things. I don't trust her as far as I can throw her millions (billions? trillions?).

[99Forever]

8. Frankly, my friend...

... I don't give a damn.

[JoePhilly]

9. Sanity.

[NanceGreggs]

12. ...

[BootinUp]

11. I think she will surprise many of her detractors by

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Sounding and promoting ideas just like she does in the Primary.

[JRLeft]

13. Before she appoints Wall Street to her cabinet.

[BootinUp]

16. Something I used to try and get across back in '07

is that Hillary is not Bill, and once she is not representing NY, I think again, she will surprise her detractors.

[JRLeft]

18. Based on what evidence? Her donor base says something else.

She supported by Julian Castro a Citigroup supporter.

[BootinUp]

24. There is a lifetime of evidence, books, etc.

She promoted progressive ideas to Bill who was more conservative. I can't say I am surprised by the Hillary hate I see around, as she has been smeared for decades by people with a lot of money. But you have to wonder why they try so hard to keep her down.

[JRLeft]

26. She takes in money from Wall Street, but you will ignore the mounting evidence.

She's friends with all of the dinos, but somehow she's different please.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Triangulate. Triangulate. Triangulate. As usual.

Sell herself as the "Not as Bad moderate" to the left and the "Not as bad moderate" to the right.

Spend lots of money and swear that she's not really a corporatist to the left while taking even more money from the corporations.

Tell the left she's really not a hawk while threatening whatever bogeyman she can to show she's "tough" to the right.

Leave out the "neo" when she tells the left she's a liberal.

[Maedhros]

15. I'd say it will go pretty much the same as Obama:

tell us what we want to hear in order to swindle votes out of us, then after the election stack the cabinet with corporate cronies.

[underthematrix]

19. My household is voting for Hillary.

[GoneFishin]

22. Yep. Give money and power to the right, and give lip service to the left.

[JoePhilly]

40. Bernie should run hard against Obama.

Cause that will help him.

[TheFarseer]

17. just say you'll do everything the republican will do only more better and harder

It's working vs. Bernie.

[Lil Missy]

20. The rule of thumb is: Lean left for Primary, tack to the middle for General. n/t

[1StrongBlackMan]

35. As I said, up-thread ...

HRC won't have to tack to the right ... she is already in the political space where a majority of the American electorate resides.

[fadedrose]

23. A divorce might help nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. Turn the Republican candidate into a hybrid of Sheriff Bull Connor and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

eom

[Fumesucker]

36. Steel cage death match, eh?

Doesn't sound much like a Warm Purple Space but we shall see.

[NCTraveler]

27. Continuing what she is doing now but on a larger scale.

She has been using a general campaign theme. Going after republicans and their policies, while promoting her own. It will just become much larger. No matter what anyone thinks, her network is extremely impressive. I think it's just an issue of scale.

[Fumesucker]

29. This election has been an interesting one so far, I think it's going to continue that way

[NCTraveler]

30. Not really has been and there is a long way to go.

I said here about two months ago I wasn't big on what appears to be a small scale general election theme in the primary. Sanders is a formidable opponent in the primaries and his supporters are willing to expend a lot of energy. Unfortunately for him, I believe that energy is easier to tap into in an effective manner in a general election. Still a long way to go in the primary.

[Fumesucker]

33. I agree, Bernie's strength is in the general not the primary

The Democratic machinery wouldn't actively impede him too much if he won the primary I hope but up until then it's going to be wooden shoes in every single gear.

[CentralMass]

28. To support Bernie..

[boston bean]

32. To win it, and we all should be happy about that! nt

[riversedge]

34. Best response!!!!

[sadoldgirl]

37. She will do what she has done before,

but on a larger scale: Bigger focus groups, different positions
to different audiences, and attacking repugs instead of
offering any serious answers to issues.

However, I expect her to change her positions on guns
very much to the right.

[edgineered]

38. Some say, I don't have to be faster than the alligator,

I only have to be faster than you. She only has to be one small issue to the left of the leftmost Republican, we get fed to the gators.