Senator Hillary Clinton found herself in less than friendly circumstances yesterday when she addressed the “Take Back America” conference in Washington, DC.

From Time Magazine:

Hillary Clinton does not have many friends in the liberal wing of the Democratic party these days. They find her tactics in the Senate, from co-sponsoring numerous bills with Republicans to supporting a law to ban flag-burning, all part of a shameless attempt to move toward the political center for a possible presidential run. Her consistent support for the Iraq War has them positively apoplectic.

Hillary is smart. She knows that she needs to appeal to moderate and independent voters in order to be seen as a viable candidate in a general election in 2008. But, she alienates the left wing of the Democratic Party at her own peril. She will have to spend a lot of time and money “shoring-up the base” and the stakes are just too high in ‘08 to have to do that.