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Gosh, I feel like I need to brush my teeth after reading that syrupy kiss Mr. Shapiro just blew to Hillary.
she is not a firebrand nor a quixotic crusader, but a politician who believes that progress comes through incremental steps.
We don't need baby steps right now, Mr. Shapiro. Americans want something more, and our country needs way more than that. Has the Right blown its wad? Is 2008 really a Democratic year? Then lets see some honest strides in that direction, not timid, Geisha-style steps. Let's see a real difference between the parties, a new vision, a path to progress, not a march toward the middle.
And I have to say that "practical progressive" sounds a lot like "compassionate conservative" -- and sounds exactly as substantive, and just as credible. It's another fishhook to lodge in the mouth of the credulous voter created by politicians' focus group shock troops, trying to triangulate their way into the Oval Office without having to stake out any real ground on issues that matter.
Shame on Hillary if she runs to the right of Edwards and Obama. We need boldness, not caution, and progress, not moderation. Otherwise, you're basically waving the white flag in surrender before you're out of the gate (even as signs continue to indicate that Americans WANT. SOMETHING. DIFFERENT.)
