Reply #16: I kinda like the idea!! And if they'd reverse the DLC stance-- [View All]

[jfxgillis]

--I might even join them.

The problem is this. The term "conservatism" has been hijacked radical-individualist Classical Liberals who worship at the altar of economic efficiency. Remarkably, they've done so while simultanteously demonizing the term "liberal."

The DLC started out years ago as a haven for cultural conservatives with progressive/left position on political economy. The fact that the DLC has almost completely reversed that position over the years (corporatist/private enterptiise on political economy, modernist on culture) has no real bearing on the THEORY that it's possible to be a "conservative Democrat." The DLC is a BOGUS institution of "conservative" Democrats.

Because George W. Bush has done such disgusting things on political ecomony, though, gives the political-economy Left an opportunity to re-capture GENUINE conservative Democrats, by appealing to one single overriding issue that has shown itself capable of unifying the Democrat party for 125 years:

JOBS JOBS JOBS.