Reply #25: Dodd was on the last list of "new democrats"

[LWolf]

I saw on the DLC homepage before they stopped posting lists. Now they have "new democrats of the week," where they will give kudos to congresspeople and governors, but I haven't been able to find an actual list of "new democrats."

I guess they are thinking that transparency won't help them further the cause.

You bring up a point, though. There are actual "new democrats," there are democrats that are not officially annointed "dlc" but who have close, friendly relationships with them, there is a democratic candidate who has publicly denied dlc connections, but who is, for all intents and purposes, a "third-way" politician, and there are democrats that have, for whatever reason, been "dlc" but have begun to distance themselves. And, of course, there are those who have never flirted with the dlc.

For those of us who care whether or not our vote goes to a dlc-supported candidate, or a candidate with a dlc agenda, that means we'll have to sift through available information to decide how strong a candidate's current connections are, and how well their platform matches the dlc agenda, or not.