Issue #268
Hillary leaves the left cold
Liberal Democrats feel the wind is at their backs, making it all the more irksome for them that Hillary Clinton could be their presidential nominee in 2016. For many on the left, Clinton is the woman who supported the Iraq War, ran to the right of President Obama, and is associated with the Wall Street-friendly centrism espoused by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Progressives feel they are in a political golden age in which questions about income inequality are growing louder, anti-gay marriage laws are falling, and the growing Hispanic electorate regards the GOP with skepticism. Given all that, they don’t want to be stuck with a standard-bearer they see as too centrist. So far, few on the left are mounting frontal attacks on Clinton, at least publicly. But some are making it clear they will seek to push her to the left. The Hill, 5-26-14.