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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
I don't think this is accurate, I think Bill and Hillary both are to the left on Obama in key areas like the economy, the environment and healthcare. Jimmy Carter is certainly to the left of Obama and potentially/arguably is JFK.
Obama might be most centrist democratic president in living memory, aside from LBJ maybe.
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I'd rate LBJ the most progressive and interventionist of the bunch. He wanted to be a second FDR, and passed the most progressive set of legislation the U.S. has seen.
Bill Clinton moved the party to the centre. He was the poster boy for the Third Way movement that reconciled left-wing and right-wing platforms.