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Originally Posted by Archaea
Is that a little like asking if Stalin is less of a communist than Mao?
On all main items, she is just as liberal as Obama, i.e., taxes, military, health care [is anybody more liberal or socialist than Hillary on this pivotal issue?], economy. In fact, if it were up to me, I wouldn't discuss anything else but those issues as all others are irrelevant in our daily lives.
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Actually, they are different. And Obama's record is significantly more liberal.
Obama proposes tax increases for those above 200k and a repeal of the AMT. Hillary won't even get specific about her tax proposal yet.
Obama actually (and this came as a shock to me) proposes "expanding and upgrading" the military in addition to an immediate pullout. The expense of his military expansion will be a liability for him. Hillary does not support an immediate pullout, and I would suspect (though she's not on record) she supports an eventual scaleback of the military.
Hillary no longer supports the socialized medicine she did in the 1990s. She learned from that mess. Neither Obama nor Hillary has released the specifics of their healthcare proposals.
I would agree with Detroit's summary that Obama is more liberal than Hillary, and his record will be a liability with moderates and independents.