Reply #67: Lots of info on DU says otherwise -- including Jonathan Cowan on C-span ....

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where he relates how the Democratic Party is to be run --

certainly he wasn't speaking of the Republican Party!


Again -- much info on DU which has been posted over time re Third Way control over

Dem Party -- if I knew how to operate the "archives" I'd direct you --


But we need more active posting on Third Way subject -- too many DU'ers know too little

about it!

Btw, there is a video of the C-span program where Jonathan Cowan, Pres, Third Way presents

the policies of Third Way --

The comments I refer to come at the end of the program -- though think he had been on a while

before I tuned in.



Also --


And make no mistake about the role of Third Way. Third Way runs the policy apparatus of the Democratic Party. In Congress, staffers attend regular Third Way policy briefings, where the group hands out pre-packaged legislative amendments in legal form, generic press releases, polling around those policy ideas, and talking points. It’s a soup-to-nuts policy apparatus. Most of these ideas are harmless – like increased volunteerism – but some are not, like various tax proposals.

The group has enormous juice. On the Congressional side, it has six honorary Senate co-Chairs, and seven House-side co-Chairs. Jim Clyburn, a co-Chair, is in the House Democratic leadership. Two current cabinet members are former co-Chairs. Steny Hoyer, the House minority whip, held regular briefings for the freshmen member staff in the last Congress.

On the administration side, former Third Way board member Bill Daley is now White House chief of staff. Ron Klain, who was Biden’s Chief of Staff, is now with Third Way. The White House is pretty much full of Third Way-style apparatchiks.

Finally, most of the Board members are from the FIRE Sector (Wall Street and real estate), including the head of equity trading for Goldman Sachs and one of the heads of investment banking for Morgan Stanley.

It’s a highly optimized political operation for the White House and Congressional Democrats, with PR muscle, elite validators, access, and policy-making infrastructure.

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