Hillary Clinton: from the left to front and center

[papau]

Carl Leubsdorf:
Hillary Clinton: from the left to front and center
12:01 AM CDT on Thursday, July 28, 2005



COLUMBUS, Ohio – It's no coincidence the only recent Democratic presidents were pro-defense Southern moderates. Sen. Clinton told Democratic Leadership Council members this week that 'it's high time for a cease-fire.' And though Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton can hardly claim her 18 years of Arkansas residence qualifies her as a Southerner like her husband and Jimmy Carter, she seems determined to adopt the ideological stance that helped them win the White House. <snip>

She joined the Armed Services Committee, voted for the Iraq war, simplified her approach to health care and built ties on various issues with GOP conservatives from Tom DeLay to Newt Gingrich. <snip>

John King, an African-American county commissioner from South Carolina, called her "the glue that would keep the party together," especially within "the faith vote" of whites and blacks where President Bush did well last year.

Like her husband, "she will bring the party back to the center," said Utah state Rep. Neil Hansen. "Should she be the nominee in '08, I think you're going to see a lot of independent women vote for her." <snip>


Carl P. Leubsdorf is Washington Bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News. His e-mail address is [e-mail].

Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/all/stories/072805dnedileubsdorf.171b99ef.html

[Talismom]

1. I feel like puking...excuse me if I feel like bailing out of the party.n/t

[papau]

2. ??? - I worked taxes and insurance in 93-95 and Hill was a beacon of,

both sound logic and progressive thought and logic back then. Bill made a mistake not going with her desire for single payer health - and then not taking Hatch's heath improvements offer (granted that the offer was tiny - but it was all we could get given the media). But Bill got those tiny improvements anyway over the years, and Health care is - because it must be - the number one problem to solve as we lose jobs to Canada because of the hit to doing business in the US.

Bailing out of the party just means the GOP wins. If Hill is not your cup of tea, fight for someone else in the primary.

[Talismom]

3. I didn't say I was going to leave, hell I've been watching this trend

for 20 years with horror! But the stealth movements of the corporate world into both parties and the media have reached a point where I can't think of how to effectivley mobilize against them and their money and power...it's just such a nightmare! We are marching into a fascist state with at least half of us oblivious to the reality and much of the rest of us in fearful denial.

:nuke: :scared: :shrug: :cry:

[papau]

4. Corporate Control is indeed the problem - so I back Dean and his

attempts to change things.

Meanwhile I want to get rid of far-right corporate/rich control of all 3 branches -

a move toward the center is a move left these days - and Hill is center left - and as far as I know is still open to single payer health.