(2 pm. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
Former senator, 2008 Democratic candidate for presidential nominations and former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced she is again seeking the office of President of the United States.
Not everyone is jumping on board, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told “Meet the Press” that he is holding back his endorsement until Mrs. Clinton clarified her economic platform. Too friendly with Wall St isn’t her only problem. She has been silent about the m P5+1 negotiations with Iran over it’s nuclear program. She has supported arming the so-called “moderate rebels” in Syria uprising. Where does she stand on drone attacks, targeted assassinations and overall use of military force, the out of control surveillance community?
Right now, like the song goes, “Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say, to try and make me change my mind and stay.”
Unlike the song. I am still listening.
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… of building a progressive movement within the Democratic party that is strong enough to force a “get on board or kick us out” confrontation, its 2020-2024 at the earliest when it could be ready to tackle the Democratic Presidential primaries.
Until then, IMO, swinging state legislature, building a progressive populist alternative in “R leaning” Congressional seats and “purple” Senate seats, and kicking out CorporaDems in “safe” Congressional and Senate seats is a much more promising place to place time and energy than the big money game of Presidential politics.
At this point, Hillary is the likely CorporaDem. Now, come the summer of 2016, it might not be Hillary playing the role of the CorporaDem, even though she has the inside track … there’ll be a couple of relatively younger understudies for the role in the race, just in case she stumbles, and to get experience for 2020 in case she blows the growing demographic advantage to a CorporaDem running against a CorporaRep in a state by state national race with relatively large turnout.
But the plays that they are choosing between for 2016 is either a CorporaDem against a CorporaRep or a CorporaDem against a TheistRep in the fall, LOTE, rinse and repeat.