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In reply to the discussion: Did you hear Crystal Ball's rant on the Cycle asking Hillary not to run? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)But she is conservative on economic issues. Economic issues are going to loom large in 2016.
I remember that embarrassing moment in 2008 when, in a debate with Obama about raising the cap to fund Social Security she characterized people earning $250,000 a year as middle class. Millions of us were just aghast at how out-of-touch she was. She will be even more out of touch with the rest of America on that issue in 2016.
Social issues are important, but increasingly the economic issues on which Hillary is weak are important.
It is going to take more than a kindly, cooperative village to bring the American economy back into the realm of justice and inclusion. I don't think she is at all ready for that. She would have to step on the toes of a lot of her friends if she did.