Is the NDN anything like the DLC

[LittleClarkie]

or the NDOL?

http://www.ndn.org/agenda/

I see Simon Rosenberg's name on the front page. I liked his bid for the DNC chairmanship. I had hoped he'd get involved with Dean. I know he'd gotten sick at one point. I wonder how he's doing.

But anyway, opinions on the NDN?

[Tinoire]

1. Same animal. Lieberman & the DLC don't want you to notice

DLC AND NDN
Two acronyms that junkies know and that Democratic candidates hear in their sleep. The Democratic Leadership Council, chaired these days by Sen. Evan Bayh and run for 17 years by its founding director, Al From, is the spawning ground of moderate “Third Way” thinking in the party. Bill Clinton was chairman when he launched his own presidential bid in 1991. The New Democratic Network is the DLC’s overtly political cousin, run by an operative named Simon Rosenberg. It doles out cash to candidates and, increasingly, supports independent spending efforts.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/834591.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1

----
About the NDN (link is now dead since they moved to another site but I got this 2 years ago: www.newdem.org/about)


The New Democrat Network (NDN) is one of the nation’s most influential political organizations.
NDN promotes a new generation of leaders who advocate economic growth and fiscal responsibility, strong American leadership in world affairs and world markets, a smaller, smarter government, and a progressive approach to social issues that respects family, faith, and community.

<snip>

NDN is led by NDN President Simon Rosenberg, with advice from NDN's Advisory Board, a group of leading New Democratic thinkers and strategists. NDN’s Advisory Board includes former Democratic National Committee Chairman Joseph J. Andrew, pollster and Latino electorate expert Sergio Bendixen, former Army Secretary Louis Caldera, former Member of Congress and Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Vic Fazio, former Member of Congress and Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council Dave McCurdy, former White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry, former White House Chief of Staff Mack McLarty, and former Federal Trade Commissioner and White House Cabinet Secretary Christine A. Varney.
------------------------------

Who founded the NDN?

The NDN was founded in 1996 by Senator Joe Lieberman, chairman of the DLC. "NDN acts as a political venture capital fund," a special type of political action committee among political action committees. NDN raises PAC money from many sectors, which they then distribute to their top federal candidates -- Lucas received $10,000 from them. NDN also provides a mechanism for fat-cats to donate directly to candidates without worrying about all those pesky Election Commission limits. Clinton campaign aide, Simon Rosenberg, is now NDN's President. Joe Lieberman is ((Was) chairman.

==

((The DLC does the same thing, actually. But, by forming the NDN, the DLC contribute more than twice as much to favored candidates.))

==

The DLC and the PPI have become a $7-million-a-year operation. While the New Democrat Network (NDN), a PAC which provides funds to dozens of certified New Democrats, co-thinkers in federal, state, and local races, raised nearly $6 million last year.

(snip)

In 1996 Lieberman, Breaux, and Simon Rosenberg founded the New Democrat Network PAC. NDN's brochures sound like investment prospectuses. "NDN acts as a political venture capital fund to create a new generation of elected officials,". "NDN provides the political intelligence you need to make well-informed decisions on how to spend your political capital. Just like an investment advisor, NDN exhaustively vets candidates and endorses only those who meet our narrowly defined criteria."

To ensure that liberals don't slip through the cracks, NDN requires each politician who seeks entree to its largesse and contacts to fill out a questionnaire that asks his or her views on trade, economics, education, welfare reform, and other issues. The questions are detailed, forcing candidates to state clearly whether or not they support views associated with the New Democrat Coalition, and it concludes by asking, "Will you join the NDC when you come to Congress?" Next, Rosenberg interviews each candidate, and then NDN determines which candidacies are viable before providing financial support.

(snip)

Cache Link

[Rainscents]

2. Stay away from, DND and DLC!