Reply #101: Yes, and the populist candidate finished 3rd with 15-20% support

[jackson_dem]

Obama helped serve one of the DLC's founding purposes by taking out Edwards.

No, the DLC was founded to expand the map after Democrats got slaughtered in 1980 and 1984. The DLC specifically focused on making inroads into the South. The DLC wasn't a bicoastal organization.

There isn't any evidence Obama adheres to Dean's 50 state strategy. If he runs a 50 state campaign in the fall he is nuts. Ask Nixon how that works. He was in Alaska when JFK was in swing states...

The DLC was founded to oppose interest groups and voting blocs. Another similarity between Obama and the DLC.

How has Obama created a grassroots progressive organization? Obama is about Obama.

Yes, the DLC believes in blurring the differences between the parties. Just like Obama's "unity" bull.

No, Obama will reach out to indies and rethugs the same way as the DLC. There is a reason people become rethugs in the first place. Chanting "hope and change" doesn't change one's political philosophy.

If Obama is so opposed to the DLC why does the DLC itself seem to be unaware of this accepted netroots scriptural truth? Are they a bunch of idiots and dupes?