AND HILLARY CAVES – AT 11:52 A.M. ET:  It's no secret that Hillary Clinton, despite her general awfulness, actually has some (I stress some) moderate, even reasonable views, especially on military policy.  But those views won't get her the nomination of a party that increasingly views Karl Marx as Uncle Karl.  So Hillary is doing what she always does...caving to the left to increase her chances.  From AP:

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — In her second bid for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton is discussing "systemic racism" and making the issue a hallmark of her campaign as she looks to connect with the black voters who supported rival Barack Obama in 2008.

At multiple stops in South Carolina, Clinton on Thursday bemoaned "mass incarceration," an uneven economy, increasingly segregated public schools and poisoned relations between law enforcement and the black community. She praised South Carolina leaders, including Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, for removing the Confederate battle flag from statehouse grounds after a white gunman's massacre of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, but she warned that the act is only symbolic.

"America's long struggle with racism is far from finished," the former secretary of state said before a mostly white audience at a Greenville technical college. Hours earlier, with a majority black audience at a West Columbia church, she declared, "Anybody who says we don't have more progress to make is blind."

At both stops, she added some symbolism of her own, trumpeting the mantra "Black Lives Matter," which has become a rallying cry of and name for the activists who have organized protests in several cities amid several high-profile cases of black citizens being killed during encounters with police.

"This is not just a slogan," Clinton said. "This should be a guiding principle."

The bold approach is a contrast to her 2008 campaign. That year, she didn't talk so directly about race as she faced off against Obama, who would go on to become the nation's first black president. Instead, she ran as the battle-tested, experienced counter to the first-term U.S. senator from Illinois.

COMMENT:  It's pathetic.  All this pandering.  There is certainly racism.  But there are also terrible cultural problems in black America that must be addressed if the black community is to make progress. 

Hillary is merely shoring up the Democratic base.  But that will not be enough to win a general election.

July 24, 2015