Is it strange that the most Conservative frontrunner will likely win the Presidency?

[Ntharotep]

I am using the Webster definition of conservative as being cautious or resistant to change.
I see, and feel free to disagree with me and demonstrate why with voting records, policies, etc, Clinton as the "status quo" Presidential candidate.
She will likely swing even more centrist and set aside most of her campaign promises (which honestly she doesn't seem to be promising anything too far from the norm to begin with) which means, basically, more of the same.
No real change, no real progress or leaps and bounds forward. Cautious is the word here, really.

Compared to Bernie Sanders and even Trump at face value (though I feel Trump as a President would really prove that he was all talk and no substance and be just as status quo in practice)- Clinton is really the straight and narrow, no rocking the boat candidate.
Conservative in other words.

But not only some Republicans (not surprisingly running away from Trump) but Democrats as well who are traditionally liberal as a majority and progressive, will likely vote in Hillary Clinton as the next President.

Is this strange? Is it predictable? Is my assertion way off and Clinton is not more conservative than Trump or Sanders?

 

[Dittohead not!]

Re: Is it strange that the most Conservative frontrunner will likely win the Presiden

I am using the Webster definition of conservative as being cautious or resistant to change.
I see, and feel free to disagree with me and demonstrate why with voting records, policies, etc, Clinton as the "status quo" Presidential candidate.
She will likely swing even more centrist and set aside most of her campaign promises (which honestly she doesn't seem to be promising anything too far from the norm to begin with) which means, basically, more of the same.
No real change, no real progress or leaps and bounds forward. Cautious is the word here, really.

Compared to Bernie Sanders and even Trump at face value (though I feel Trump as a President would really prove that he was all talk and no substance and be just as status quo in practice)- Clinton is really the straight and narrow, no rocking the boat candidate.
Conservative in other words.

But not only some Republicans (not surprisingly running away from Trump) but Democrats as well who are traditionally liberal as a majority and progressive, will likely vote in Hillary Clinton as the next President.

Is this strange? Is it predictable? Is my assertion way off and Clinton is not more conservative than Trump or Sanders?

Given your definition of "conservative", Clinton is definitely the most conservative. Trump is constantly spouting off about some nonsense or other he wants to accomplish when elected. Cruz is way, way off the charts with his call to abolish the IRS. Sanders wants to make the US into a larger Denmark.

What a choice we have this time around. A con man, a radical right winger, a democratic socialist, and a centrist that even her supporters don't really trust. Of the four, Sanders may just be the best choice. He'll never be able to get his agenda past even a Democrat controlled Congress, let alone a Republican one, and he'll be nearly 80 in the '20 election. Maybe by then we'll have a candidate we can actually support.

 

[azgreg]

Re: Is it strange that the most Conservative frontrunner will likely win the Presiden

I can't remember where I read it and I can't find it now but someone said: "If you're looking for a Reagan Republican in this election Hillary is your man."

 

[Ntharotep]

Re: Is it strange that the most Conservative frontrunner will likely win the Presiden

Given your definition of "conservative", Clinton is definitely the most conservative. Trump is constantly spouting off about some nonsense or other he wants to accomplish when elected. Cruz is way, way off the charts with his call to abolish the IRS. Sanders wants to make the US into a larger Denmark.

What a choice we have this time around. A con man, a radical right winger, a democratic socialist, and a centrist that even her supporters don't really trust. Of the four, Sanders may just be the best choice. He'll never be able to get his agenda past even a Democrat controlled Congress, let alone a Republican one, and he'll be nearly 80 in the '20 election. Maybe by then we'll have a candidate we can actually support.

Its funny how many are trying to go for "unique and different" ideas this time around even Cruz who you would think would be the Conservative shoe in as dark ages as some of his ideas are, but Clinton just coasts along on "level headed" promises and no real obstruction to the "way things are" and gains popularity.
I tend to agree with you on Sanders. If he were to get elected, it would be unlikely that he would get even the less offensive plans up and running due to the "socialist" paranoia though no one has really said "we won't work with this guy" like they have with Trump, surprisingly enough.
The fact that Congress can hold the country hostage and "not work with" anyone is kind of monstrous to begin with IMHO.

 

[Dittohead not!]

Re: Is it strange that the most Conservative frontrunner will likely win the Presiden

Its funny how many are trying to go for "unique and different" ideas this time around even Cruz who you would think would be the Conservative shoe in as dark ages as some of his ideas are, but Clinton just coasts along on "level headed" promises and no real obstruction to the "way things are" and gains popularity.
I tend to agree with you on Sanders. If he were to get elected, it would be unlikely that he would get even the less offensive plans up and running due to the "socialist" paranoia though no one has really said "we won't work with this guy" like they have with Trump, surprisingly enough.
The fact that Congress can hold the country hostage and "not work with" anyone is kind of monstrous to begin with IMHO.

Yes, and that's what they've been doing for the past seven years. The first four, their stated objective was to make Obama a one term president. They failed to achieve that goal,and have been pretty much dysfunctional ever since.

If Sanders is elected, it's a given that a Republican congress will refuse to work with him. Even a Democratic Congress will provide plenty of resistance.