The DemocraticUnderground can say things the Democratic Party cannot say.

[fredamae]

89. There are Democrats and then there

are Corporate Dems.
Voting records are the guide to determine "who is who".
Yes, Dems needs purging also. With the GOP moving so radically far to the Right-it leaves an easy opportunity for the Third Way/New Dem Coalition/21st Century Dems to move their Own "Rightward" advancement with little to no notice by the base--imo

The leadership in the Dem Party is listed as a member of the "New Dem Coalition"--
http://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/
I believe this was started by Clinton in the 90's

We have Rendell who I once considered a "good Dem" now on the board with the Erskine/Bowles Austerity group
http://www.fixthedebt.org/who-we-are

Again, their public records speak volumes and should not be ignored.
Is it difficult to accept? Yes, I personally struggled for Years over this-constantly "excusing-rationalizing-ignoring" always with the excuse "they know best-they're "there".
I'm way past that, now. I have come to the cold realization that there are roughly Half of the Dems in the Senate that must be voted out and about 150 +/- Dems in the House that need to be voted out.
We Must start recruiting Now and Vet carefully-based upon their actual Records-not "pretty all dressed up in pink" sweet words they use to bs every one of us.
I find it Absolutely pathetic that Neither party's leadership allows their bases to select the Person(s) they want to run in Any election at Any level-I know First hand if you "ain't" monied and famous? You Will NOT Get Dem Orgs Support, no matter How Good you are and No matter that the local electorate wants you. They refuse to even acknowledge an unknown candidate, let alone send them a buck or two--or even endorse.
The Democratic Wing of the Dem Party at least at the Elitist Leadership level is a thing of the past.