Comments on: More About Hillary Moving Towards The Center

By: jonathon

jonathon — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 07:31:59 +0000

If this is supposed to a move towards moderation, I’m certainly not convinced. My own research into her stated positions on her Senate page and her sponsorship record in the 109th Congress, 1st Session, suggests that she can’t seem to decide what kind of extremist she is. Just because one takes contrasting positions on different issues doesn’t mean those positions cancel each other out to form a centrist or a moderate. They’re still extreme, but different kinds of extremes. With Sen. Clinton I have yet to find a center. (I still need to build datasets of her past Senate sponsorship records, though, so I can see where she’s moved from)

By: antimedia

antimedia — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 03:39:39 +0000

I find it interesting that you have to talk yourself into liking her “move” to moderation. Look at her voting record, not her speeches. She’s 100% liberal – always has been – always will be.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 01:41:33 +0000

Justin and Tom you are very naive.
Go to National Review Online and read the article by Deroy Murdock, (Aug. 8).
She is full of it, no if, ands or buts about it.

By: tom allan

tom allan — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:38:41 +0000

Lets say Hillary gets elected on a centrist platform. Just how far from the center will the body politic allow her to stray?

Bill tried that for two years and got his head handed to him. I suspect that President Hillary would not make that mistake again.

By: Paul Brinkley

Paul Brinkley — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:22:38 +0000

I’m probably in Bat One’s camp. It feels much too much like she’s only interested in putting on a pretty face long enough to get re-elected (or move to the White House), after which she can go back to her usual self. And her future intent feels telegraphed.

What’s her usual self? I once knew someone who knew the Clintons since 1972. His impression of Bill was that no matter what you believed, after five minutes of talking to him, you would believe he was on your side. His impression of Hillary was that she was haughty, and had no liking for anyone in the lower or middle classes. They were good people, sure; they served useful jobs, and they voted (for her, or for her husband). But friends with them? Don’t be silly.

By: Bat One

Bat One — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 21:44:03 +0000

Ironically, the REAL question with Hillary Clinton is very same one for Judge Roberts, and any other such SCOTUS nominee: Who and what will they be once in office.

With Judge Roberts, there is very little in the way of a substantive paper trail to document the man’s ideological history. With Hillary, on the other hand, it is her ideological history that is most disturbing to even moderates, of both parties. And her move to the center, all carefully orchestrated and well documented, is now raising suspicions among those on the vocal left… the ones who actually are the voice and face of the Democratic party (“… it’s our party, we paid for it!”).

It will be interesting to see if the move toward the center will hinder her quest for the nomination in 2008, even if it proves helpful with the voting public at large.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:46:13 +0000

I still don’t like her.