Has Sanders really "moved" Clinton to the left?

[kennetha]

Some people say that Sanders has moved Clinton to the left. But frankly, I can't think of a single substantive area in which this is true. Her policy positions now, are what they were at the beginning of the campaign. The only plausible area in which this might be thought to be true is on the minimum wage. But she still isn't pushing a $15/hr Federal minimum wage. But a $12 floor, with local and state variations where they are achievable -- which is what she has said from the beginning. The one thing new she sorta threw out there was that if a democratic House and Senate passed $15/hr, she would sign it. But there will not be a democratic House until after the 2020 census. Though we might well get a democratic Senate. Indeed, hopefully there will, in fact, be a democratic Senate.

[Baobab]

10. She cannot move to the left for various reasons

Ideology

[Yurovsky]

11. A pro-choice corporatist. America will move back 20 years...

If you're poor or working class, tough shit. Hillary and her corporate ownership team gotta get theirs. How any Democrat is OK with this just astounds me.

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. She's as far left as Goldman Sachs will allow.

The lurch to the right will be sudden and dramatic if she's given the nomination.

[kennetha]

5. jeepers.

have any substantive contributions to make? Snark is not a contribution to anything.

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. I think it's demonstrated that she's not above pandering.

She has to see the tremendous groundswell for change among the public, yet she's sticking to the corporatist line.

She'd sing a different tune if she could.

[glinda]

3. no

[daleanime]

4. ......

[mmonk]

6. No. I don't think the power structure can be moved back left.

It will take primary challenges and pressure outside in the streets and organization.

[kennetha]

9. She is already pretty far left.

raise the minimum wage, expand and consolidate Obama Care, overturn Citizens United, Debt free college, Regulate shadow banking. End mass incarceration.

What about that is not left enough for you?

[mmonk]

13. I am not of that opinion. No problem.

[Yurovsky]

14. Say hi to the Easter Bunny & Santa Claus for me...

if you believe she'll disobey her corporate ownership team (she is a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs), well, you probably know where Sasquatch is hiding too.

[kennetha]

15. Drink Kool-aid much?

[Else You Are Mad]

7. What he has done...

To the benefit of us all, Sanders has prevented Clinton from making a turn towards the center and is keeping her feet to the fire. Without him in the race, she would have shifted to the center. See, e.g., DOMA, gay marriage, TPP, Wall Street, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I am glad that her policies are where they are, but Sanders has kept her in the left.

[Live and Learn]

8. Nope. nt

[NurseJackie]

12. Will it shut them up if I go ahead and say "yes"?

Will they feel that they've "won" something and quit their constant bellyaching?

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[Vinca]

16. It doesn't really matter.

It appears she will probably be the nominee and will buzz right back to moderate Republican. The Democratic Party has been edging to the right for so many years it would be indistinguishable from the GOP if they hadn't totally fallen off the right side of the flat earth.

[Cheese Sandwich]

17. Only her words. Nothing material will follow: "Hillary Clinton Calls For ‘Toppling’ The 1 Percent"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/hillary-clinton-calls-for_0_n_7108026.html

[Karmadillo]

18. Was the sun swallowed last night when it fell into the Pacific Ocean or

was it just an illusion?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

19. Can she be moved? Not according to this...

vimeo.com/163178551

[HassleCat]

20. In terms of rhetoric, of course.

She identified herself as a progressive, a pragmatic progressive, etc. She is budging on the wage issue. But she will run hard to the right as soon as she secures the nomination. So, no, not in substantive terms.

[SamKnause]

21. No.

She is pulling a con job.

She is extremely experienced in pulling con jobs.

[Lucinda]

23. Her positions were in place before Bernie was a factor at all. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. Nope. She still remainns a Centrist Pol. Ambitious and ruthless.

[NV Whino]

25. Sure

Until she flips back to the right.

Camp Weathervane.

[serbbral]

26. I don't see it.

[EndElectoral]

27. If you believe Sanders has moved her to the left I've a bridge to sell you.

[NorthCarolina]

28. Rhetorically-maybe, practically-No. nt