Reply #23: He's DLC, and is probably giving Obama the typical DLC type advice. [View All]

[Dr Fate]

And if Rahm is anything like the DLCers here at DU, that means either ignoring or scapegoating "the far left" and cozying up to conservatives in order to "look moderate" whenever possible. It means attacking or ignoring the Liberal base (and even ignoring moderates who happen to agree with Liberals) in an effort to "look centrist."

DLCers do not want a progressive party- they want a "majority party"- and if that means being conservative or even 100% wrong on the issues (see Iraq), so be it. Problem is that you do not have to do that to be in the majority. In the case of Iraq, it did not even work- we still lost 2 elections in a row despite our "centrist" posturing.

You can win AND have convictions that you stick with- and I doubt Rahm or the average DLCer feels that way. I could be wrong.

Part of it is laziness, or maybe even cowardice. It's just easier to go along with conservatives than to fight them.

I perceive too much of the 90's era "3rd Way" thinking going on, and I'd like to think Obama would go the right way if he had more Liberals & moderates (I mean real moderates- not DLC/Joe Lieberman types) on his staff...

Would you be happier if more people just came out and just blammed Obama?