How many "2016 is not 2008 and Hillary Clinton is not running the same campaign" stories are we going to get before all is said and done? The
Washington Post is up with what's
not the first and surely won't be the last of the genre,
in which we learn (for the umpteenth time so far this campaign) that progressive policies are popular and Clinton is less concerned about embracing them than she was when people like Mark Penn dominated her campaign.
The hot new spin Anne Gearan brings to this not exactly breaking news is that:
The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton’s emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women. [...]
The strategy relies on calculations about the 2016 landscape, including that up to 31 percent of the electorate will be Americans of color — a projection that may be overly optimistic for her campaign. It factors in that a majority of independent voters already support same-sex marriage and the pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that Clinton endorsed this month.
So ... turnout is key? And if Clinton can turn out young people, people of color, and women without losing independents en masse, things look pretty good for her? Wow. That is entirely new information.