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Hillary the prudent Democrats burning for the inspirational uplift of Barack Obama or the left-leaning edge of John Edwards may not be ready for an authentic moderate. By Walter Shapiro [2007-03-13]

• Why is Edwards considered a liberal?

  He was the only candidate in 2004 who thought our draconian federal drug penalties were too soft.

  Not even Bush or Cheney swung that far right.

  What gives with this man?

  Does he think prison is some new kind of socialism, or what?

  I think the only candidate willing to claim federal drug penalties aren't harsh enough has to have a pretty serious authoritarian streak hiding deep within his soft smiling self.

  Watch out -- that pretty boy hair could be hiding an ugly personality.

  --No Name Given
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• because he has proposed health care reform with single payer as an option,

  and because he has been talking for a long time about income inequality and the need for the govt. to actively puruse policies to deal directly with it. He's also said Iraq was a mistake. Besides that he probably could win. If that isn't liberal enough for you you need reconsider your understanding of political reality. Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky or Dennis Kucinich is not going to be president. Deal with it or get used to permanent Republican rule.

  -- anon
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• Nuts, Walter!

  Hilary isn't a "prudent moderate." She's a closet reactionary whose one "progressive" credential is her failed 1993 healthcare program, which was a bid (against the likes of Paul Wellstone) to co-opt any single-payer solution and preserve the corrupt wealth of existing insurance giants.

  Indeed, the inevitable failure of that "reform" bid may well have been the reason for its existence.

  I don't know if Shapiro has the guts to be a wolf, but that sheepskin he's hiding under definitely isn't his.

  Wonder what's in his stock portfolio.

  -- Robert Rivet
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