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In reply to the discussion: Clinton Supporters: Should she follow Third Way's order to reject The Left and move to the Right? [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)47. The question is will she want to? Or will she try?
Or is she going to follow the advice of the Third Way allies and move to the :center" which also means "no single payer for you."
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/1053811/sweet-william-daley-warns-hillary-clinton-lean-back-center
It also rejects policies offered by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would expand Social Security benefits and create a single-payer health care system, saying his policies would divert money away from job-creating public investments such as cancer research, bridge repair, and school construction.
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Clinton Supporters: Should she follow Third Way's order to reject The Left and move to the Right? [View all]
Armstead
Oct 2015
OP
Considering she's pals with Pete Peterson, I'm pretty sure I know where she stands on SS.
Scuba
Oct 2015
#4
The Third Way is not a schtick. It's a Wall St Investors Think Tank whoch has attached itself
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#68
That's just the point, a sane Republican would never get past their Primaries. Only the nuts do.
Cal33
Oct 2015
#57
Third Way wasn't making veiled threats behind closed doors to cut their campaigns off at the knees
Chan790
Oct 2015
#23
I think hir thinks we're the same person...or ze had a reading comprehension fail. n/t
Chan790
Oct 2015
#50
"Don't worry. Don't take my populism seriously I just have to do this to win the primary..." Exactly
GoneFishin
Oct 2015
#82
Public Option gives people a chance to choose what will eventually become the single payer.
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#69
Truth hurts sometimes. Sanders does not exactly have a magnetic personality. In any event,
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#74
I left the church of my youth because of its paternalism only to find it on a "progressive" board.
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#11
I want a regulated system with progressive taxation but I am not a leveler...
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2015
#44
Well placed and witty snark is great. Often very funny with a bit(a lot) of truth.
NCTraveler
Oct 2015
#27
Many of us supporting Bernie perceive Hillary as mostly giving lip service to these issues...
cascadiance
Oct 2015
#84
Many of her supporters are right wingers anyway so I'm sure plenty would approve.
Broward
Oct 2015
#65
I thought she had moved to the right. Didn't she just say she supports the Death Penalty?
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#66
she should dump liberalism because she's liberalism's only hope at getting popular
MisterP
Oct 2015
#117