Terry McAuliffe is winning the latest polls against some flat-earth Republican in Virginia, and kos sees a bright future for the Democratic party and a heads-up for Hillary Clinton in McAuliffe's "muscular liberalism."
America has changed, and the biggest danger to a Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy is that she doesn't account for that change, that she continues trying to triangulate her way to victory.
So what kind of
liberal muscles is Terry McAuliffe flexing?
McAuliffe has endorsed gay marriage; universal background checks for gun purchases; an assault-weapons ban; a pathway to citizenship for immigrants here illegally; a mandate on employers offering health insurance to include free contraception coverage; and limits on carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants. He would also reverse the tight restrictions on abortion clinics championed by state Republicans led by Cuccinelli and outgoing Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Jobs? Mortgage relief? Restoring the safety net? Single payer, or at least a public option?
Forgeddaboutit!
Forget the Employee Free Choice Act, which Obama promised he would sign into law as President, and in general...
Forget the unions!
Forget the New Deal!
Forget about everything except the latest whiz-bang slogan to confuse the rubes!
"Muscular liberalism!"
It talks like Rambo, but it fights like Pee Wee Herman.
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Update: Judging from several thoughtful comments below, I guess I should have been clearer about exactly what I find so repulsive about the game of politics as Terry McAuliffe plays it. For example...
In 2009 Terry McAuliffe opposed gay marriage.
And why not now?
56 percent of likely voters [in Virginia] are in favor of repealing the state ban on gay marriage, compared with the 36 percent wish to keep the ban in place.
Lead from behind!
Wait for the polls and focus groups to tell you what to do!
And if the polls run against gay Americans, or the unions, or anybody and anything...
Then fuck 'em and forget 'em!
So if what you want is another eight years of sell-outs and betrayals, depending only on whatever these weasels think will sell...
Then Terry McAuliffe and his playmates are just what you're looking for.
But if you want a President who actually believes in something all the way down to the ground...
If you want a President who will fight for you no matter which way the latest breeze blows through the polls...
Then forget about the goddamned "centrists!"
ELIZABETH WARREN FOR PRESIDENT 2016!