Reply #118: I am aware many distanced themselves from the DLC as they were revealed more for what they were

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and they were quite unpopular with rank and file Democrats who, correctly, saw them as more Republican than Democrat. And there are many of the same people now calling themselves "New Democrats," to obscure their connections to the DLC policies.

I also do believe the report that the President called himself a "New Democrat" at the meeting with 'moderate' Democrats. and I have heard no one from the administration dispute it. You use a quote from 2003 during his Senate campaign to prove he isn't part of the DLC. I use a quote from a meeting in the past year where he is said to have called himself a "New Democrat" at a meeting. His policies on many issues are consistent with the "New Democrat" coalition's goals. It does not 'prove' he is a "New Democrat" but the report together with his advocacy of their policies do lend some credence to it, for me.

We see many here rebuking those of us who have some criticism for these policies with, "He's a centrist!!! Get over it!!!" I'm not sure what distinction there is between 'centrist' and DLC or New Democrat but if that works for you, then good for you. I do prefer a more progressive agenda.
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