Hillary Clinton (left to center)

If the majority of the country suddenly turned Commie, Hillary would be quoting Das Kapital.

Without a previous political voting record to go by, on what basis do we say she has changed? Hillary Clinton probably has not changed much in her beliefs. As many point out, she may not be as moderate in spirit as her work as a Senator suggests, but I'd give her voting record more weight than the negative PR campaigns by political enemies. I have mixed feeling about her, but I give her credit for the bipartisan approach she has chosen. If more members of Congress followed that cooperative philosophy, the U.S. government would accomplish much more for the American people.

I'm not a member of the hatehillery club, but she's obviously changed her political views to suit her presidential ambitions. She'd would do anything for power, including lie and pander, but the same thing could be said of many other presidential aspirants (including several successful ones). She'll never get the nomination anyway, unless the Dems really want to lose.

I don't think we have a baseline to draw from. As the First Lady of Arkansas she hung out, almost exclusively, with leftos, but proposed no legislation, voted on none and kept her views and priorities to herself. To the extreme. She can't remember anything from this time period although there are some lamps mysteriously missing from the Arkansas Governor's Mansion. As the First Lady of the US, she was appointed by her husband, the President (imagine that) to overhaul the entire health care system of the US, which was promptly, convincingly rejected by congress, although she did indicate a proclivity for holding all meetings privately (which, of course, is illegal) and utilizing government largesse as the solution rather than finding efficiencies. But, again no indication of her political beliefs (which seems a strange word in this diatribe). She is supported unanimously by every left-wing group, including every union, and is rated low to zero by every conservative lobbying organ... Read more

Yawn, snore, spit. . .here comes the I'll-move-to-Mexico-if-Hillary-gets-elected-brigade. . .She (1) will never win anything outside of carpet-bagging NY, and (2) she is a political centrist- left on some things, centrist on others. . .you people who cry about 'not knowing where she stands' are a complete mystery- the Clintonian philosophy has always been about centralization of public and political thought, for better or for worse. Bash her for being a trailer-park wife with a law degree, but stop pretending you don't 'understand' her philosophy. . .

I trust this woman even less than I trust her cheating hubby.She strikes me as heartless,cold and ambitious to the point of psychosis.

As some editorial writers have commented in years past, in an odd way no one really knows what Hillary's true convictions actually are on so many burrning issues of the day. And if she has an opinion, one strongly suspects it isn't genuine or that the stance was primarily taken to gain some type of political traction. Typically, she plays it safe and seems to offer the more popular political stance, more times than not (that is, if she offers one at all). Seemingly, her career and political ambitions come first - everything else be damned. How voters from New York can elect such a hollow bureaucrat as Clinton for Senate is well beyond me...and might she aim still higher?

Hillary has made some reconcilliatory noises recently towards those on the other side of the political fence, but her actual positions on the issues have changed very little. Not that she was ever anywhere near as wildly left wing as some paint her as. Hillary is presenting herself as a unifying figure in the run-up to her likely presidential bid. A very Clintonian strategy.

I come at it from the angle that her leftism was opportunistic from the beginning, and her centrism more in line with her true self. Right now, it's separating her from Feingold.

Despite what some folks think, she wasn't much of a leftist, in the classic sense, to begin with. I don't see much of a move, just a change of emphasis.

That's what she would have us think, at least.