Partly because the Clinton era saw the culmination of the GOP’s long project of using race and abortion as wedges to break up what was left of the New Deal coalition, and partly because the remainder of the Democratic base that didn’t outright switch parties was simply uncomfortable with how conservative Clinton was and didn’t embrace it…
Partly because the Clinton era saw the culmination of the GOP’s long project of using race and abortion as wedges to break up what was left of the New Deal coalition, and partly because the remainder of the Democratic base that didn’t outright switch parties was simply uncomfortable with how conservative Clinton was and didn’t embrace it. Bernie never could’ve attacked Obama as hard as he did from the left — the idea that Hillary was a Trojan horse for her husband (along with more than a few cherry picked video clips where she went along with his positions) was a major animating force behind the Bernie Bros in 2016. I, as a Clinton Democrat sitting out at the centrist edge of the current Dem base, was constantly having to remind the Bernie Bros I knew that Hillary isn’t Bill, and point out she was a lot more liberal than Bill. By most metrics on her Senate voting record, she was one of the most liberal Senators other than Bernie throughout her time there. More so than Obama.
Partly because the Clinton era saw the culmination of the GOP’s long project of using race and abortion as wedges to break up what was left of the New Deal coalition, and partly because the remainder of the Democratic base that didn’t outright switch parties was simply uncomfortable with how conservative Clinton was and didn’t embrace it. Bernie never could’ve attacked Obama as hard as he did from the left — the idea that Hillary was a Trojan horse for her husband (along with more than a few cherry picked video clips where she went along with his positions) was a major animating force behind the Bernie Bros in 2016. I, as a Clinton Democrat sitting out at the centrist edge of the current Dem base, was constantly having to remind the Bernie Bros I knew that Hillary isn’t Bill, and point out she was a lot more liberal than Bill. By most metrics on her Senate voting record, she was one of the most liberal Senators other than Bernie throughout her time there. More so than Obama.