Is Clinton a liberal Reagan? Brett Budowsky offers a highly nuanced view:
In my last column, I warned fellow liberals that the grave danger to American liberalism is not a Democratic president liberals agree with 90 percent of the time but a one-party Republican state with every branch of government controlled by a GOP in the grip intolerance and extremism. Today we consider the mirror image of that column: the new day of progressive triumph, power and leadership that would come with a dramatic Clinton victory in 2016.
Oh, it could happen:
The great opportunity for Clinton is to become the first woman president while also becoming a liberal Ronald Reagan: a conviction politician who stands for progressivism, a competent chief executive who believes in governing and a skilled negotiator with opponents at home and leaders abroad.
Clinton in 2016 could have the same effect as Reagan in 1980 and 1984: recruiting Democratic candidates, inspiring Democratic supporters and winning an electoral landslide.
The Clintons are famous for being conviction politicians. This should be pretty easy for her to pull off.
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The Clintons are famous conviction politicians. That fact is unimpeachable.
Hillary hasnt been competent at any political position she's held.
Oh, a term in the Senate counts as competent in my book. Now competent at governing, that's where she got into trouble.
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