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In reply to the discussion: I am so utterly sick of this Third Way shit. [View all]joshcryer
(62,276 posts)You just show that some people are still in denial after all this time.
After he was nominated he said he would be open to offshore drilling. (If you search for Hillary and 2008 and offshore drilling you will find thousands of PUMA hits bashing him for that one! Which makes one wonder...)
As far as mandates, Krugman predicted he'd have to have one for adults (Obama already had one for children, but many people forget that one). And anyone with any political sense knew he'd have his wrists held behind his back otherwise the cost projections would've been beyond control.
Of course, Obama was a moderate, he never showed any significant liberal policies, and after elected he surprised me with a few liberal things, like expanding Pell Grants, food aid to schools for impoverished children, expending unemployment. Of course, these things came at a great cost, and it is arguable whether they were worth it.