Hillary miscalculated badly when she moved way over to the right after election day 2004. She panicked when all those conservatives came out of the woodwork to vote for Bush.
Now she has to guard her left flank or risk losing her base. But every time she does so it will make it harder for her to hang on to the center.
Ab-so-damn-lutely.
I think the only way Hillary loses her base it to move any farther to the right. She's ok, imo, where she's at right now re:her base. This move is dumb because she's just associated herself with the fringe and alienated a chunk of the middle. Maybe it's the move of a soul-less power-grabber without a moral, pricipled compass???
Just in the past month there has been a sprinkling of articles by the liberal media critical of Hillary's vacilating on positions to the point where her motives are transparent even to them and they're getting ticked. Even Molly Ivins (she needs prayers for her illness) has dinged her for taking NO position on issues.
Life's a beach! She is finding it's harder to hide your true motivations when the whole country knows you vs when Clinton ran and had Ross Perot to help out and a country who didn't have a clue what he was really about or an internet to research it before people voted.
And this is a perfect example of Dems playing politics instead of basing their opinions on what is best for this nation. They do NOT have our nation's best interests at heart. This is another "no duh!" statement brought to you by Chena. LOL