To be fair, she was not the only prominent politician to withhold their approval until it was clear public opinion had shifted. As recently as May 2015, before the historic Supreme Court ruling that made same-sex marriage legal across the country, 57 percent of Americans were supportive of marriage equality.Ĭlinton came out in favor of marriage equality in 2013, after a majority of Americans had already indicated their support.
Although Clinton has been extremely close-lipped to the media thus far in her latest bid for the Democratic nomination, by attempting to portray herself in speeches as a progressive during a time in which the political winds of the millennial generation are blowing left, Clinton has unwittingly shown herself to be a consummate flip-flopper who takes the positions that are most likely to return her to the White House.įormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Ī run-through on a litany of issues important to progressives reveals a candidate in Clinton who once held decidedly anti-progressive views on many of the important questions of the day.įew issues in recent memory have prompted as great a reversal of public opinion in as short a time as same-sex marriage. Between 20, the proportion of Americans supporting marriage equality rose 21 points nationwide, from 32 percent to 53 percent. Clinton, versus 2008, and to a greater extent, 2016 presidential candidate Clinton, could emerge as a major problem for her campaign. The contrast in views espoused by First Lady/ Sen. However, in her mad dash to the left, Clinton cannot escape her history of supporting, as the First Lady and then as a senator, the decidedly centrist and corporate-friendly policies of her husband, President Bill Clinton. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, who was once thought to be headed for a coronation in the Democratic presidential primary, has tried to recast herself as a progressive champion. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has tacked strongly to the left and in so doing is leaving in her wake many long-held positions on crime, trade, same-sex marriage, etc., to such a degree that it’s hard to know what she’d do as president, says Evan Popp.Īs a strong challenge from the Left emerges in the form of Vermont Sen. Faced with a populist surge in favor of Sen.