DLC - The beginning of the end?

[denem]

A subtext to the current primary contest is the Democratic establishment taking on the flag bearers of the DLC. Thee may be little policy difference between the candidates, but behind the scenes the stakes are high. The DLC, a unaligned group, may have started off as a policy and organizing committee, but under the Clinton Presidency they quickly developed into power brokers.

The first challenge came from Howard Dean, first with Democracy for American, the bottom up political organization, then as DNC chair with his fifty straight strategy, rebuilding a national Democratic constituency . It's no surprise that the DLC wants Howard out. Now there are signs that the remaining DEM establishment are turning against the DLC as well.

Obama, a candidate on the first Dean Dozen, pointedly rejected the DLC's endorsement. As President, opposed by the DLC at each turn, he is unlikely to be more sympathetic. The Democratic Party may always have been a big tent of competing ideas but a parasitic group, having no party loyalty, like the DLC is unnecessary and undesirable.

If we are going to make mistakes, at least let them be OUR mistakes

[Nimrod2005]

1. Dios te escucha!

[denem]

2. Obama "The Establishment Candidate"

. I think this what Mark Penn meant when he said "Senator Obama has shifted to becoming an establishment campaign". The anti DLC campaign more like it - almost bu definition.