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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:43 PM Jun 2014

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have a problem with liberals. Not hardly.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has said repeatedly that she won't run for president in 2016, and yet the idea persists: That Hillary Clinton could find herself vulnerable to a more liberal primary opponent.

The problem? Almost all of the most recent data suggests that Clinton doesn't have any real problems on her left flank. Indeed, she's actually stronger with liberals than  she is with more moderate Democrats. And very, very few liberals have anything but nice things to say about her.

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A Washington Post/ABC News pollthis month showed Clinton taking a bigger share of the vote in the 2016 primary among self-described liberals (72 percent) than among moderate and conservative Democrats (60 percent).

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The WaPo-ABC poll also shows liberal Democrats approve of Clinton's tenure at the State Department by a margin of 96-1, while moderate Democrats approve of it 84-12. Sixty-seven percent of liberals strongly approve of Clinton's performance, nearly 9 in 10 say she is a strong leader, and only slightly fewer say she's honest and trustworthy



The rest: http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/16/hillary-clinton-doesnt-have-a-problem-with-liberals-not-hardly/



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Tarheel_Dem

(31,233 posts)
1. It's a "made-up" narrative. I'll support either of these brilliant ladies, should they be the.....
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:52 PM
Jun 2014

nominee.

Stryst

(714 posts)
2. I don't
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:53 PM
Jun 2014

Like some of her business ties. And I think she has no real understanding of poverty. But none of that would send me scuttling across the aisle if she was the democratic candidate.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. "Shouldn't run" is a different thing from "Won't get my primary vote"
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:54 PM
Jun 2014

Liberals are happy to have everyone run. A wide field of candidates is healthy! Doesn't mean we plan on casting our vote towards a given person.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
7. Then why all the vitriol and jeers directed at people here at DU who do not like Hillary
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 02:57 PM
Jun 2014

as a candidate? Surely we are inconsequential.
Oh, and a poll could never make me feel better about the TPP. Ever.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
9. There are a lot of people on DU that claim to be liberals that support H. Clinton.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 04:09 PM
Jun 2014

Anyone can call themselves a liberal. In my book, if you support Wall Street, you aint a liberal.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
10. what does "support wall street" even mean? If you like the idea of a stock market?
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 04:20 PM
Jun 2014

Is all capital funding bad?

Do Banks = Wall Street?

also-

"aint" (normally spelled ( ain't) ) "ain't" a word

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
11. Fair questions. Thanks for asking. These of course are my opinions.
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 04:32 PM
Jun 2014

Supporting Wall Street is championing legislation that deregulates Wall Street (meaning Banks, Investment Banks, Goldman-Sachs-O-Gold, etc.). Tightening bankruptcy laws on The People while loosening bankruptcy laws on corporations. I would say that H. Clinton-Sachs supports Wall Street and Banksters over The People. They (Wall Streeters) give her $200,000 for stopping by for tea.

I would challenge your idea that aint aint a word.

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