For Hillary, the road to White House has several Right turns

On three separate occasions Hillary has moved visibly Right on contentious issues like immigration, faith-based organizations, and just yesterday, abortion.

During her speech to Family Planning Advocates of New York, Hillary used much softer language than in the past to describe abortion opponents.

Hillary talked of finding "common ground" on this issue and of "deeply held differences" over this "tragic choice". She even went as far as to say that she, "... for one respect(s) those who believe with all their heart and conscience that there are no circumstances under which abortion should be available."

Clinton also called for the Bush administration, religious groups, supporters and opponents of abortion rights to look beyond abortion and form a broad alliance on other, less inflammatory issues: sex-education programs for teenagers that included abstinence education, emergency contraception for women who have recently had unprotected intercourse, and family planning.

This "work together" approach is in stark contrast to her speech earlier this month when she blasted the Bush administration for focusing too heavily on abstinence programs.

Is this a genuine shift from her rather hard-lined pro-choice stances of the past?

We all know that politicians move either Left or Right depending on where the votes are.

It's debate08's opinion that Hillary's rhetoric is merely a hollow attempt to round out her rough, Liberal edges in the minds of moderate Democrats and Independents for her run in 2008.

So, here's my question: Is this a shift? And if so, for those who are used to having Hillary squarely in their corner on abortion issues, immigration issues (she came out recently with very strong rhetoric on the need to crack down on illegal immigration, in an attempt to position herself to the right of Republicans) and basically every other issue, how does this shift make you feel? Do you feel alienated? Or is it just par for the political course?

More importantly, are you buying it?