2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please DON'T CALL Hillary A Progressive [View all]pinebox
(5,761 posts)and it's a failed re-brand of her image.
We can sit here and say "she's one of the most progressive people in the Senate" and yet, her score is lower than Bernie. The truth is, there aren't many progressives serving and there hasn't been in quite awhile. Outside of Warren and Sanders, right now, you may have 1 or 2, that's it. That being said, Hillary and the positions she has taken aren't progressive. They're run of the mill and in many ways, even that of a conservative democrat.
She still has no opinion on legalizing pot, sorry but after 50 years of studying it and its effects? Wake up Hillary. It makes one wonder what she's hiding. This week she just came out on favor of the death penalty. Her college plan is to the right of Bernie and she doesn't support single payer. Her stance on minimum wage. On and on. These aren't stances which a progressive takes.