Why do I feel like Hillary is being forced on me?

[merrily]

216. As Reply 209 stated, it does not matter. The relevant issue is voter perception, period.

Whether the voter perception reflected reality or whether it was a misperception does not matter.

What Obama did or did not do after he was elected is also irrelevant to the claim that liberals cannot elected

I do think that Obama is actually to the left of Hillary on several issues. For one thing, I don't think Obama would have identified his constituency as either hard working white people or hard working people of color or otherwise used Hillary's race in his campaign.

On an issue or two, Hillary may well be to Obama's left in realtiy. However, that also does not matter to the topic. Since Obama is no longer running against Hillary, I don't think it's important in real life, either.

Point is, Obama was perceived as more liberal than Hillary, esp. on a couple of issues that, in 2008, seemed very important. And that perception helped Obama defeat Hillary in the primary while not costing him the general election.