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ShimokitaJer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-04-03 05:11 PM
Response to Reply #122
124. Dean's already in the center
He doesn't need to run there. His fiscal policies as governor would definitely appeal to those in the center. His only "radical" departure has been attacking Bush on Iraq, and that's looking less radical every day.

So why would the DLC feel the need to attack Dean as too far to the left? Why wouldn't the DLC want to support this man who has proven adept at raising money, at building up his name-recognition, and at firing up the Democratic base? Because the center of the DLC is NOT the center of the American people. Dean is more populist than Democrat, and his fundraising has targeted people rather than corporations.

The DLC goal may be running to the center, but they keep defining it further and further to the right.
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