Reply #308: You mean this answer:

[CWebster]

"In fact, everything DLC-like that Clinton did served to boost his own popularity at the expense of the party's strength. The idea that the safest way to win an election is with 50 percent-plus-one of the votes, by taking your base for granted and nosing yourself over the line by appealing to some notional "center" is not a "safe" strategy for the Democrats. Indeed, the more this game is repeated, the less safe it becomes, because the very ideological timidity it requires erodes the base. It just isn't a convincing story to take to the electorate. Which may be why the DLC has to promote it by hook and by crook."

"The Nation" Feb 7, 2004, page 7.