2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Which part of the Clinton legacy would Hillary embrace? DOMA? NAFTA? Welfare "reform"? [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)If this is true, why is it not represented on a forum like DU? Are you sure your polls are actually polling the right people? DU is probably made up of mostly voters.
We have the right to judge her now. It would be silly to buy a product and then get it home and "judge" whether or not it is any good. That's why Consumer Reports is so popular, and consumer reviews on Amazon. You get a feel for the good and bad qualities of a product before you buy it. Same should be true of candidates, but unfortunately, you can't go so much by what they say when campaigning (as has been proven over and over again) unless what they say when campaigning matches their history as a politician or public figure.
And yes, some evolution is good and necessary over time, but too much evolution right before a big race is a huge red flag.