Clinton Offers Centrist Economic Vision, Avoids Proposals of Warren Wing
The rise of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has surged in polls and is drawing crowds of thousands, does not seem to be pushing Hillary Clinton far to the left.
In a policy address on Monday, Clinton at times used the language of the populist wing of the Democratic Party that at first begged Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president and has now rallied behind Sanders. "We need to go beyond Dodd-Frank," Clinton said, promising she would "rein in excessive risks on Wall Street."
But the policy ideas Clinton articulated were generally of the more establishment wing of her party. Many of the proposals, like expanding sick leave for workers and preschool for young children, have been staples of President Obama's agenda.
Increasing Social Security benefits, breaking up large banks, creating tuition-free college, all ideas proposed Sanders and backed by Warren, went unmentioned by Clinton. The former secretary of state avoided proposing a drastic overhaul of Wall Street regulations, unlike another Clinton opponent, ex-Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.
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