DU used to know me as being super anti-Hillary and pro-Bernie. After a few months, #ImWithHer [View all]

First of all, I want to congratulate Bernie and his supporters for their big wins today. It's definitely no small feat to win 70%+ of a state, whether it favors you or not. I still respect Bernie immensely as a person. My support of Bernie was so fervent last year, that I even got banned from the DU Hillary Clinton group for posting an anti-Hillary tirade. Having said that, over the course of the last few months, I've had a change of heart, and decided to switch my support from Bernie to Hillary.

I'm now firmly pro-Hillary because I simply trust her more to build on President Obama's progress to strengthen our economy and advance social justice. She's not a Third Way/DLC/Corporatist as I previously claimed, and has actually stood up to the Blue Dogs within the party. She's a solid liberal, just a pragmatic progressive.

Throughout this campaign, Hillary's demonstrated a strong grasp of the complex issues facing our nation, articulating pragmatic solutions to them. While her foreign policy chops are well established, she's also displayed a nuanced understanding of domestic and economic problems, committing herself more than any other candidate in either party to evidence-based policymaking. I appreciate how she cares about getting the nuts and bolts right. She recognizes that there's more to good policy than being ideologically pure and checking off boxes for the left.

Finally, Hillary understands that there needs to be an actual gameplan beyond hoping for some "political revolution" to deliver a liberal wishlist. Given that she's spent 30+ years coalition building and gaining support from her colleagues, she'll actually have a chance at carrying out her agenda. That's why I feel Hillary should not only be the Democratic Party's 2016 nominee, but also the next President of the United States.