Reply #16: very interesting find. I do disagree with you equating all of this to third way philosophy, though

[wyldwolf]

The only thing in the quoted text that sounds like the DLC is “We can try to slow globalization, but we can’t stop it.” And that is probably true.

What all of this shows, though, is Obama isn't the person many of his supporters believe him to be. Some of you may recall the flack a few year back on whether Obama was or wasn't a DLC member. What some of you may not remember is a post that was (unfortunately) deleted in a big flame fest over the situation where a DUer claimed first hand knowledge that Obama had, indeed, filled out the paperwork to be included in the DLC's new Dem directory.

Now, I can't entertain calls for "proof" of this because I don't have first hand knowledge of it myself and the post, as I said, was gobbled up in deleted subthread of a long thread. You can choose to believe it or not. However, I do know that to be included on that list, elected officials are given a questionnaire to fill out regarding their political leanings on a number of issues. Elected officials are not put there accidentally.

Therefore, it has always been my contention that, although not an official DLC member, Obama is most definitely a new Democrat. And, based on his close friendship with both Joe Lieberman and fellow Chicago official Rahm Emanuel, I believe it should be obvious to anyone - pro and anti-DLCers alike.