The Congressional Progressive Caucus - do you think they best represent DU values?

[RiverStone]

Within the Democratic Party?

More and more I feel as though the center of what I know as the Democratic party is shifting right. Sadly, the lines between what defines a Dem and a rethug are blurring more and more.

Though I am a life-long Democratic voter (minus a couple of votes for local Independents) and I plan to vote Democratic in 2008. Yet - I'm just as much driven by my disgust against the corrupt BushCo regime and all his lock-stepping idiots, then I am by a passion toward the Democratic Party.

As I look to find that segment of the party (still within the party) that best reflects my views - I look to the CPC. What do you think? Do they represent the views of DU --- that is, the left of the party rather then what the MSM refers to as the "base"?

:shrug:

Here:

http://cpc.lee.house.gov/


Caucus Member List

Co-Chairs

Hon. Lynn Woolsey
Hon. Barbara Lee

Vice Chairs

Hon. Diane Watson
Hon. Raul Grijalva
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver
Hon. Hilda Solis
Hon. Mazie Hirono
Hon. Phil Hare

Senate Members

Hon. Bernie Sanders

House Members

Hon. Neil Abercrombie
Hon. Tammy Baldwin
Hon. Xavier Becerra
Hon. Madeleine Bordallo
Hon. Robert Brady
Hon. Corrine Brown
Hon. Michael Capuano
Hon. Julia Carson
Hon. Donna Christensen
Hon. Yvette Clarke
Hon. William “Lacy” Clay
Hon. Steve Cohen
Hon. John Conyers
Hon. Elijah Cummings
Hon. Danny Davis
Hon. Peter DeFazio
Hon. Rosa DeLauro
Hon. Keith Ellison
Hon. Sam Farr
Hon. Chaka Fattah
Hon. Bob Filner
Hon. Barney Frank
Hon. Luis Gutierrez
Hon. John Hall
Hon. Maurice Hinchey
Hon. Michael Honda
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Hon. Hank Johnson
Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Hon. Marcy Kaptur
Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick
Hon. Dennis Kucinich
Hon. Tom Lantos
Hon. John Lewis
Hon. David Loebsack
Hon. Carolyn Maloney
Hon. Ed Markey
Hon. Jim McDermott
Hon. James McGovern
Hon. George Miller
Hon. Gwen Moore
Hon. Jerrold Nadler
Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton
Hon. John Olver
Hon. Ed Pastor
Hon. Donald Payne
Hon. Charles Rangel
Hon. Bobby Rush
Hon. Linda Sanchez
Hon. Jan Schakowsky
Hon. Jose Serrano
Hon. Louise Slaughter
Hon. Pete Stark
Hon. Bennie Thompson
Hon. John Tierney
Hon. Tom Udall
Hon. Nydia Velazquez
Hon. Maxine Waters
Hon. Mel Watt
Hon. Henry Waxman
Hon. Peter Welch

[Steve_in_California]

1. Wake up!

This is no time for dreamy speculations on liberal utopia. Moderates are taking charge of the party because the liberal faction can't win a damn election! Be content with getting a Democrat in the White House, and your liberal agenda will have chance to be realized. Think for a change! And think about winning 35 or 40 states--not 21!

Joe Biden is the obvious choice.

[RiverStone]

2. Joe Biden voted to give Shrub a few billion more

War dollars last May.

He shrouded his excuse in body armour.

That vote cost him any long distance shot at ever being President.

Smart guy - yes. Way too deep in the party elite - absolutely.

And regarding a liberal utopia; I can't say the left or the right of our party has met the grade post 06 election. But we do share this Steve, getting ANY Dem in the White House is critical. We simply can't afford to keep the travesty going any longer; the BushCo regime is ripping apart our Constitution one page at a time.