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Originally Posted by shinerbock
I think its...
Obama------Clinton-------MIDDLE--Rudy-----Romney/Thompson
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I don't imagine that is draw to scale, but do you think either Romney or Thompson are as far to the right as Obama is to the left?
Obama appeals to me for a lot of reasons, but I think he's more a Pat Buchannan distance from the center on the opposite side. (ETA: I've looked at him a little more closely, and I admit he may not be that far out there after all. Economically, he's a little more centrist than I thought. It's still hard for me to see him as equally close to the center as Romney and Thompson, but it's my vantage point more that his location. He's not on the left wing fringes of the party like Pat B on the right, but he's pretty far from where I am.)
I really do think that most people would vote for Black or women candidates; I just don't think they will abandon the issues to do it for the sake of doing it, and that's what someone on the right voting for Obama would have to do.
I have a hard time imagining that there's an issue Hilary would stick with if it didn't poll well. That might mean she's a pragmatic winner or it might mean she has no moral core.