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Related: About this forumClinton Offers Centrist Economic Vision, Avoids Proposals of Warren Wing
The rise of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has surged in polls and is drawing crowds of thousands, does not seem to be pushing Hillary Clinton far to the left.
In a policy address on Monday, Clinton at times used the language of the populist wing of the Democratic Party that at first begged Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president and has now rallied behind Sanders. "We need to go beyond Dodd-Frank," Clinton said, promising she would "rein in excessive risks on Wall Street."
But the policy ideas Clinton articulated were generally of the more establishment wing of her party. Many of the proposals, like expanding sick leave for workers and preschool for young children, have been staples of President Obama's agenda.
Increasing Social Security benefits, breaking up large banks, creating tuition-free college, all ideas proposed Sanders and backed by Warren, went unmentioned by Clinton. The former secretary of state avoided proposing a drastic overhaul of Wall Street regulations, unlike another Clinton opponent, ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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In a policy address on Monday, Clinton at times used the language of the populist wing of the Democratic Party that at first begged Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president and has now rallied behind Sanders. "We need to go beyond Dodd-Frank," Clinton said, promising she would "rein in excessive risks on Wall Street."
But the policy ideas Clinton articulated were generally of the more establishment wing of her party. Many of the proposals, like expanding sick leave for workers and preschool for young children, have been staples of President Obama's agenda.
Increasing Social Security benefits, breaking up large banks, creating tuition-free college, all ideas proposed Sanders and backed by Warren, went unmentioned by Clinton. The former secretary of state avoided proposing a drastic overhaul of Wall Street regulations, unlike another Clinton opponent, ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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Clinton Offers Centrist Economic Vision, Avoids Proposals of Warren Wing (Original Post)
Cheese Sandwich
Jul 2015
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AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)1. 'Center' = right wing
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delrem
(9,688 posts)2. 'DLC centrist' = 'Republican' = extreme corporate right.
But third-way is self-described as "moderate centrist", so all the pundits looking for a $$ boost and a chance to spout their nonsense on the TV machine play along with the charade. After which the feel-good feel-comfortable propagandist descriptions trickle down so even on DU it's 99% common for the descriptions to be repeated verbatim, as being accurate and true, without a critical thought in opposition.
And the progressive wing wonders why it's so perpetually losing that hardly anyone knows it exists.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)3. K & R !!!
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)4. we have to remember who she is working for
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)5. It's hard to forget when she keeps reminding us...
MissDeeds
(7,499 posts)6. And it's not for us
rpannier
(24,350 posts)7. To the right of O' Malley and Sanders
Oh joy