By Mike Lillis - 11/03/16 06:00 AM EDT
Liberals on and off of Capitol Hill are increasingly confident they have the political clout and congressional firepower to advance their favored policies in 2017.
Figures on the left were frequently exasperated with President Obama, particularly during his early years in office, for what they saw as a misguided, “post-partisan” approach to seeking deals with Republicans.
They're warning that Hillary Clinton, should she ascend to the White House, would struggle to win reelection if she took the same tack.
“We're hoping that she will be smart enough to know that if she were to go that route … there's going to be a political price to pay for it, because it will demoralize her base heading into 2018 and, honestly, it may even jeopardize 2020,” said Murshed Zaheed, political director of CREDO, a liberal advocacy group.
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