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Todd: Hillary Clinton Is Not Helping Herself with Her Policy 'Adjustments'

October 11, 2015

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd said on Sunday's show that with Hillary Clinton's growing list of changed positions that she was not helping herself.

Just ahead of the first Democratic party debate Clinton changed her opinion on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) from supporting it during her time as Secretary of State to now denouncing it.

In her 2014 book "Hard Choices," Clinton wrote that the TPP was the gold standard when it came to trade of free trade. During her interview with PBS' NewsHour Clinton changed her opinion saying that what she has learned of the deal she could no longer support it.

The TPP is not the only flip flop Clinton has had since leaving the Obama administration.

"It would be fair to say that she is not helping herself with her growing list of policy adjustments when it comes to the progressive movement. Same sex marriage, tough prison sentencing, the Keystone Pipeline, and of course her latest her decision to come out against the big Asian trade deal," Todd said.

Todd pointed out that Clinton was for the deal before she was against it. He added that Clinton pushed for the trade deal on 45 different occasions during her time as secretary of state.

In the September 27 interview Clinton defended her changing opinions based on the best information that was available at that time. She also took a hit at Republicans saying that once they make up their minds that their opinion was final.

Later in the show Hugh Hewitt said that Clinton's constantly flip flopping was the least of her worries that she needs to worry about the actions that she had done while secretary of state.

"Nominating Hillary Clinton would be like launching nitroglycerin juggling marathon for the Democrats. It's a disaster and I hope that she keeps doing that," Hewitt said.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said that he disagreed and that we would have to wait and see the repercussions, if there were any, from Clinton's changing positions.