Satisfied with the status quo.

She says she is a 'moderate' whatever that means.

... expand her appeal without being divisive. I'm guessing that she may believe that labels and absolutes can be limiting and crippling, or even liabilities. (See: socialist.)

Republicrat non solutions.

She's smart. She's playing to win. Not to just "shape the discussion" and come in 2nd.

I guess you think she wasn't "playing to win" at the time, eh?

a hell of a lot smarter since the last time she lost.

You can make of that what you will.

:-D

regale us with your evidence, Jackie.

She is one of the most polarizing figures in politics. .Her policies may be plain vanilla, but she sometimes manages to make them polarizing.

heh



raised eyebrows

... or misinterpret in whatever way best suits your prejudices or motives.

(Jury Note: The word "prejudices" is used correctly and does not suggest bigotry, sexism or racism.)

"“I am not in favor of making college free for Donald Trump’s kids,” she said, after explaining that “I’m a little different from those who say free college for everybody.”

She then pitched her college afford ability proposal, which would allow students to graduate debt free but wouldn’t end tuition or work requirements. Clinton’s system would be means-tested: Those who can afford to invest in their educations would have to. Sanders’s wouldn’t be.

Sanders’s platform isn’t visionary, it’s dull........................... "

Super wealthy kids like Donald Trump's kids would likely go to private colleges. Bernie's plan has no means testing so that no lame ass loopholes are created. Simple, free public university.

dull my ass - Sanders proposal is BOLD - this guy is in the can for horseshit.

Hillary Clinton's plan of college-is-debt-free-if-your-parents-pay-enough is what we have already.

They're all fucking pie in the sky, if you choose to look at it that way.

While we're at let's stop building highways with federal funds. I'm never going to be in Kansas and I'll be damned if I want to pay for their damn roads.

it doesn't involve getting rid of social security or Medicare.

"Free" college is not free. It would be paid for by a small tax on certain investment/financial transactions.

Perhaps you don't think that is a good idea. Fine. But it's no more "pie in the sky" than many other public services that are paid for somehow through taxes or indirect payments.

If it is attainable, I'm for it.

But, does Bernie figure he can sweet talk a Republican teabag congress into more spending?

If your defeatist attitude is that nothing can be done because of Congress, that's a much bigger issue than Sanders.

Or if you think the GOP is gonna show Clinton any more love on any initiative she might propose, you're deluded.

a record of getting stuff done on a national scale.

It's not "pie in the sky" like Bernie wants to make college. Free college would qualify as "pie in the sky". Building highways is not pie in the sky-it's paid for with gasoline tax.

Fuggem. Same for Alabama and Mississippi. I'll probably never visit these two states in my lifetime.

If so, I hope not too many.

that will mean they will not pursue higher education as their parents are controlling, judgmental bigots. This 'Trump's children' routine is cute, but it's cheap rhetoric that steamrolls over the reality.
Clinton has religious, straight and financial privilege just dripping off this rhetoric. Thoughtless about the least among us, always. She's just eager to jab at Bernie's plan so he jumps in and says Rev Bigot has the right to tell his gay kid where and how to study. It's not well thought out policy at all.

attempting to placate them by throwing crumbs their way.

and are overwhelmingly popular - attempts to abolish them or privatize them or make major cutbacks on them are almost always universally opposed by the American people. Other "help the unfortunate" programs that are means tested are always politically open to cutbacks and are in general unpopular - because people frequently have trouble imagining themselves in such unfortunate circumstances. Means tested programs insure that the very poor will be often resented by the middle class and the working poor who make just enough to put them above the limits to qualify.

Doesn't Hillary know that? Surely she must?

For Americans. We need work on the infrastructure and good paying jobs, this is a win win policy.

And he was proven wrong.

Trump's kids don't go to public colleges. Neither did the Clintons' daughter. Very few kids of 1 percenters go to public colleges.

But, at least at Faneuil Hall, she'll have her grasshopper weathervane - suits her.

O'Malley's Plans

15 Goals to Rebuild the American Dream
https://martinomalley.com/category/15-goals/

Addiction treatment and prevention
https://martinomalley.com/policy/addiction-treatment-and-prevention/

Criminal Justice Reform
https://martinomalley.com/policy/criminal-justice/

Making College Debt Free for all Americans
https://martinomalley.com/policy/make-college-debt-free/

Holding Wall Street Accountable
https://14d2r744okfe40r1ug1oqm6y-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OMalley-Wall-Street-Reform.pdf

Expanding Social Security
https://martinomalley.com/the-latest/expanding-social-security/

Homeland Security
https://martinomalley.com/vision/homeland-security/

Immigration
https://martinomalley.com/the-latest/immigration/

National Service
https://martinomalley.com/national-service/

Environment
https://martinomalley.com/climate/iowa/
https://martinomalley.com/climate/
https://martinomalley.com/climate/agenda/

Foreign Policy
https://martinomalley.com/policy/truman-national-security/

Gun Reform
https://martinomalley.com/policy/preventing-and-reducing-gun-violence/

Trade Policy
https://martinomalley.com/policy/trade-policy/

Campaign Finance Reform (Restoring our American Democracy)
https://martinomalley.com/the-latest/restoring-our-american-democracy/

Why We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Secure the Right to Vote:
https://martinomalley.com/the-latest/news/right-to-vote/

Veterans and Military Families
https://martinomalley.com/policy/veterans/

or something like that.

...since Donald Trump's kids couldn't have free high school?

Should we eliminate free roads so that Donald Trump's kids have to pay tolls?

No. It's progressive to believe in The Commons, and to make the rich pay for The Commons by having a progressive tax system.

It rewards mediocrity by making two years of community college free without making the first two years of a four year college free.

I'm insulted that she thinks anyone falls for that kind of crap. I like candidates that don't treat me like I'm a complete idiot. Class warfare to get people to vote against their best interests. Fuck that.

Link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2011/01/president_obama_is_a_socialist.html

Why wouldn't everyone support that message?

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Can America have free public colleges? Hillary Clinton says, "No we can't."

Can America leave marijuana regulation to the states? Hillary Clinton says, "No we can't."

Can America have universal healthcare? Hillary Clinton says, "No we can't."

I love it.

And it's exactly right! No wonder she's not generating any enthusiasm.

If there ever was bullshit, an article titled "Why Hillary Clinton is more progressive than Bernie Sanders, in one sentence" is it.

Progressive, eh?

Progressives don't do this;

Fight for a NON living minimum wage
Fight for the ACA which would still leave close to 30 million uninsured
Our social security on the table
College EDU that still makes people pay.
Call the TPP the "Gold Stand" over 40 times in their own biography.
Defend sending back migrant children.
Have a hissy fit about changing names when they were SOS because of name changes of gay couples
Run racist ads at 3am against Obama.
Vote for stupid wars that were NEVER related to 9/11 because an idiot has a beef his dad couldn't finish.
Suddenly declare they were ducking sniper fire.
Voting FOR the 2001 bankruptcy bill.

On and on it goes. Sorry. It is what it is.

"I oppose free public education because a rich person's kid might benefit too!"

For all those poor billionaires who are desperate for their kids to get a free education at public college..

No sorry, I can't keep a straight face anymore.

2008 from Phil Gramm and Bill Clinton in the 90's.