Clinton: "I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with"

[Hortensis]

47. Excellent points, Zorra. Regarding moving to the left,

I forgot to mention the most insidious thing the plotters have accomplished and that is to convince large numbers of Americans that government is intrinsically oppressive and causes problems, not solve them. With that success, ultraconservative forces have been able to dismantle many proven programs and repeal many proven laws with the blessing of a majority of the populace.

That temporary move left you mention was part of that era, but note -- it didn't stick! I need to read more about just when current historians mark the beginning of a return to liberalism, after Bill Clinton presumably, but before Barak Obama. Perhaps we should be thanking W's disastrously immoral and incompetent strongly conservative policies, obvious to the entire world, for shining a bright light on what the right had been deceived into embracing.

It seems the more conservative a person is, the slower and more reluctant the learner; but those on the left and middle who were told they were conservative family values people, not radical liberals -- and believed it -- no longer believe it. Even if we're not quite back to normal, the numbers of people who self identify as liberals -- and reject today's conservatism -- have been climbing for some time now.