When Bernie Sanders entered the race for President, some pundits predicted that Bernie’s progressive campaign would force Hillary to “move to the left.” Those pundits never made it clear as to whether Hillary would actually adopt the popular policy decisions or just appear to adopt them so that she could appeal to those that are excited about Bernie’s message.
Many on the far left predicted that she would eventually make the contention that there is no important difference between their platforms and policies at all. Then, since she is the “frontrunner” and she has name recognition, she would make the contention that she is the more electable one, and since their policies are the same, she would be the safer vote.
It appears that the pundits on the left were correct because this seems to be the Clinton campaign’s latest strategy. In a recent interview, Sanders stated that he disagreed with Clinton on “virtually everything.” When asked about that quote by a reporter, Clinton denied that there are any substantive differences between the candidates and listed a few issues on which their policies are similar.
SIMILAR BUT NOT THE SAME. The two candidates differ at the foundational level.
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