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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You won't hear me call Hill a moderate. I believe she was Bill's liberal conscience from the beginning, and remains roorted strongly left of center.
But I do think she is practical. She likes what works, not what fits an ideological mold.
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Moderate on what issues? She is left of center in that she cares about civil rights and social policies that benefit women, children, the disabled, and other disadvantaged groups. In that the moderate position on these issues is to pay lip service, she is not moderate since she actually wants to get shit done.
On the economy, I believe she will be a Wall Street-oriented moderate, like her husband was. I think the same crowd has her ear.
On foreign policy, she's a hawk.
More generally, I think she will pursue incremental reform on a variety of fronts, but I don't see her shaking anything up. To me, that spells moderate. I think she'd be more effective than many other moderates at pursuing her moderate goals, but I don't think she's a raging lefty.
