2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary Clinton's 5 takes on the Keystone Pipeline
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/hillary-clinton-keystone-pipeline-history/index.htmlWashington (CNN)Hillary Clinton moved from being "inclined" to support the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to announcing Tuesday that she'd oppose it. The move that comes as the former secretary of state seeks the Democratic presidential nomination and felt pressure from rival candidates as well as environmentalists and progressives.
Here's how she got to Tuesday:
October 2010: We're "inclined" to back it
"We haven't finish all of the analysis," Clinton, then secretary of state, told the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. "So as I say, we've not yet signed off on it. But we are inclined to do so and we are for several reasons."
oasis
(49,388 posts)"Hillary Makes Snap Judgement" you'll never see that headline associated with our next president.
riversedge
(70,239 posts)Broward
(1,976 posts)The answer is straightforward. Not much thought required at all.
oasis
(49,388 posts)Mind you, she already has a full plate.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)oasis
(49,388 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)and she has to consider that carefully because the zillionaires have said they would be happy with Jeb or her.
oasis
(49,388 posts)they won't spend a ton of money trying to defeat Hillary. I see that as a good thing.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)And she only did so because she was 'under pressure'.
oasis
(49,388 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)YEARS, not days, not weeks, not months, YEARS.
oasis
(49,388 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)And she only did so 'under pressure'.
The term is, 'sleepwalking'.
oasis
(49,388 posts)She said she was going to announce.
Hillary's going to do things her way, in her time. You might as well get used to it.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)She does this with every issue. Takes multiple conflicting positions over a period of years or decades, then when pressure to take a meaningful stance mounts, she relents and adopts Sanders position.
This is the pattern.
oasis
(49,388 posts)Bernie's position on anything, there are many who opposed the pipeline. I guess she's adopting their position as well.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Her most current statement is not her first "act".
oasis
(49,388 posts)statements on the matter a solid commitment for, or against the pipeline?
Perhaps she should indicate her opposition to the pipeline in skywriting to make sure everyone gets it.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)It's a "at this time" statement. That leaves a wide opening for her to change in the future.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)oasis
(49,388 posts)because Hillary opposed the pipeline. I wonder why?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Nixon's press secretary, would come out and say that "the president's previous statements are now inoperative."
oasis
(49,388 posts)while sitting in a rocking chair. "I'm working on it" he would tell passersby who asked him repeatedly how he would get the bad guys. By the end of the episode, justice was served.
Hillary will continue to do it her way.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)" WHAYS IN IT FOR ME ? "