Well you could argue that the GOP is more right wing than ever too, and will likely move over even further. The drift of the GOP to the right, is evidenced by the rise of the Tea Party in the last 10 years, and the election of Tea Party candidates serve as signs of this shift. The GOP Hierarchy is regarded as too left-wing for the Tea Party candidates/supporters. This is further displayed by GOP hierarchy Presidential nominees finding it tough to win over the more extreme Trump.

US Politics is incredibly partisan now. To the point where Republicans and Democrats find it hard to find any common ground. Obama's Presidency has been hampered by this unwillingness of the two main parties to work together to actually help the country.

I can see with Sanders' campaign influencing young Democrats, that going forward the Democrat Party will shift to the Left, and I think the GOP will drift to the Right to chase the Trump/Tea-Party votes. So the divide between the two Parties will only widen.

In the long-term the GOP will have to come to terms with demographics favouring the Democrats, and so they will have to compromise in some of their policy positions in order to retain electability at a National level.

She clearly said she supports $15 federally if Congress does.

If her reason for supporting $12 is because it's not as drastic, then she needs to stick with that. If she's only saying $12 because it'd be easier to get passed, then she's a mess.

She needs to be clear and consistent with her positions

No that's not the problem. She said she would sign into law a $15 federal minimum wage if a democratic congress put it o her desk. She literally said "of course I would"

But she's going around saying $12 should be the minimum wage. That's what I'm getting at

That's why I wouldn't consider this a flop. She never said no to $15. She has only ever said she wants $12 federally. Wanting $12 for her own campaign and passing $15 if it was slapped in front of her face, is not a flip flop. That's called getting the job done regardless of her own personal stance...you know...something any half decent leader would do.

This would have been a flip if she bashed $15 or was just firmly against it but she hasn't said that (to the best of my knowledge) so, I'm not sure what angle people are trying to create here? I'm going to side with Maxx on this one.

A mess. Didn't he once say that he tried to avoid paying taxes?

of course he does, but he's SOO gunning for the disillusioned Bernie voters now

You see this is the problem. She was asked "if a Democratic Congress put a $15 minimum wage bill on your desk, would you sign it?" she said YES.

Remember her whole reasoning for supporting $12 and not $15 is because she thinks it's easier to get passed by Congress due to Republicans controlling it AT THE MOMENT. If Congress passed it, she wouldn't deny it. She has no problem with the concept of $15, but if that could feasibly happen. And yes she has said this plenty of times over the course of the past year.

LOL.....NO!


http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/politi...rump-tax-plan/

yeah, but for some reason, people eat up his lies like he's the most honest guy ever people are gonna hear him say this, and theyre gonna be like "Finally! A reasonable republican! And he wants to tax the rich! And he's not beholden to special interests! Way better than Clinton!"

Like the minimum wage "flip" is not really a big deal at all but the reason behind her ideas should be more than just "the Republicans will probably work with this" imo

Do what you think is best for the people, not Congress.

If she has no problem with $15 federally then she should've been said that.

Trump has way too much negative history to start turning around and trying to be a mini Bernie. It's not going to end up working.

@Marvin are you from FL too?

yeah, but he's running against Hillary, someone that people for whatever reason, just hate

this election is just going to be an election of "Who do I hate the least" for the swing voters, and I'm not 100% confident anymore than Hillary will be the least hated

But if people are going to to accuse Hillary of flip-flopping, they should be doing the same to Trump. Especially given how much negative reception he had been gathering.

people don't seem to care when Trump flip flops for whatever reason. He flip flopped like twice within one day during one of the debates and no one said a peep

yet when Hillary flips just a little, it's the end of the World and she's the worst sea-word in the world

She cannot lose to that man omg

White people will eat it up. I mean, he never offended them, they don't dislike him

He still won't win the GE though, the #s + the map will be similar to the Obama/Romney election

Don't let the overly-vocal Trump stans, who are in the overwhelming minority, sway you into believing that Trump is more well-liked. It's just hooplah. When it comes right down to it, people will pick the most practical candidate.

Or at least I have faith they will...

I hope it's a contested convention for the GOP because then Hillary will have such a clear shot to the white house, so many angry Trump supporters won't vote in the GE. also imagine if he ran as a third party!! she'd win so easily

BINGO! Again, Hillary has been playing chess since the very beginning. People spoke of female candidates before as POTUS, but she really got people legitimately thinking it's not "if," but "when." We all seen her ambition and prowess from the jump. Her peers from college expected great things from her. The glass ceiling will be shattered this year. I just can't wait to see how this impacts not just women in the US, but around the world. To see a woman rise up the ranks as the "Leader of the Free World?" WOW!