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For me and I think for most of the people hoping for change this election (Obama ran against Clinton in 2008 with the slogan 'Change') Clinton is also unaccepta

For me and I think for most of the people hoping for change this election (Obama ran against Clinton in 2008 with the slogan 'Change') Clinton is also unacceptable. I think that's the difference between the media outlook on the two candidates. Neither are acceptable. But I'm still waiting for journalists to write the by-now established fact that she's a lunatic. Unfortunately I do not think that the people slotted for appointments inside the Clinton campaign are likely to have a positive aspect with regard to national security thinking, civil liberties, etc as they are primarily the same folks who are currently running national security policy today. Hoping for a radical change to policy and from appointments from a Clinton administration seems particularly silly and divorced from reasonable expectation. In any case, it sounds like we have a consensus: the outlook for this election on core issues looks particularly dim.

kn0where 10y ago
It's important to remember that, more than ever, we have two very different Americas voting. America #1 thinks America is frighteningly conservative and wants to enact sweeping progressive reforms. America #2 thinks America is frighteningly liberal and wants to take lasting steps to repeal liberal policies, saving conservative moral values and existing ways of life from supposed extinction. Both campaigns know this fact. Trump's strategy is to target #2. Clinton's strategy is to target both #1 and #2, so of course liberals (such as myself) do not view her as progressive enough, and of course conservatives view her as too progressive, because while Clinton is pushing a "stronger together" message, the truth is that neither of the two Americas wants to come together with the other. Ultimately, Clinton's messaging is most strongly resonating with voters who aren't sure which of the two Americas they belong to. It's abundantly clear that Clinton will win this election, simply because people hate Trump more, but Democrats can't keep broadening their base without angering the left (i.e. Bernie supporters), and Trump's electorate could very well bring him (or another candidate) to victory in 2020 if the Democrats can't hold onto both the far left and the center right.

kn0where 10y ago

It's important to remember that, more than ever, we have two very different Americas voting. America #1 thinks America is frighteningly conservative and wants to enact sweeping progressive reforms. America #2 thinks America is frighteningly liberal and wants to take lasting steps to repeal liberal policies, saving conservative moral values and existing ways of life from supposed extinction. Both campaigns know this fact. Trump's strategy is to target #2. Clinton's strategy is to target both #1 and #2, so of course liberals (such as myself) do not view her as progressive enough, and of course conservatives view her as too progressive, because while Clinton is pushing a "stronger together" message, the truth is that neither of the two Americas wants to come together with the other. Ultimately, Clinton's messaging is most strongly resonating with voters who aren't sure which of the two Americas they belong to. It's abundantly clear that Clinton will win this election, simply because people hate Trump more, but Democrats can't keep broadening their base without angering the left (i.e. Bernie supporters), and Trump's electorate could very well bring him (or another candidate) to victory in 2020 if the Democrats can't hold onto both the far left and the center right.