That’s what this story seems to indicate:
Some Manhattan Democratic clubs are launching a backlash against Sen. Hillary Clinton amid some of her recent shifts toward the right. Once a liberal favorite, Clinton is being shunned in her reelection bid by four local Democratic groups furious over her vote in favor of the Iraq war and her newly cozy relationship with conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch.”She is not in Arkansas anymore,” said Yayoi Tsuchitani, campaign chairwoman of the Village Independent Democrats, which voted this month to back Jonathan Tasini, Clinton’s little-known Democratic challenger for her Senate seat.
“This is New York we are dealing with, and the majority of New Yorkers are against the war,” Tsuchitani added.
The defections among the activist left of the city’s Democratic Party ? long considered a loyal chunk of Clinton’s political base ? suggest that her recent rush to the political middle ground and beyond may exact a price.
Or, it could indicate that she is so confident of her re-election chances, that she’s determined she doesn’t need to cozy up to the Manhattan far-left anymore.
H/T: Ann Althouse
November 8th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Hillary has long ago left any semblance of liberal thought. And she will say or do anything to get elected, values be damned. There is enough of an anti-Hillary backlash already and with Rudy adopting Bush’s name calling tacics, she could take a real hit. It is time the Democrats find someone with some charm and intelligence.