Hillary Moves to the Left
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Hillary Strategically Positioned to the Left in 2016 BidFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic front-runner in decades in a bid to capture the young and diverse coalition that led to President Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012, The Washington Post reported.
Clinton has positioned herself to the left on a number of issues, from gay marriage to immigration, which in the past would have put her on the far left of her party.
The maneuvering comes from a strategic decision on the part of aides and advisers who have...
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Clinton's super PAC fundraising irks progressivesHillary Clinton's decision to personally raise money for a super PAC supporting her campaign is agitating her progressive critics, who see the move as further proof that the Democratic presidential frontrunner doesn't share some of their values.
There was never any expectation that Clinton would renounce super PAC money this election cycle. But liberal activists determined to use the Democratic primary to pressure Clinton to embrace a progressive agenda say the idea of the former secretary of state personally wooing the wealthiest class of donors runs counter to the populist...
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Clinton is banking on the Obama coalition to winHillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party's precarious left edge.
The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton's emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women.
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