Reply #73: Front page story on DLC in today's Philadelphia Inquirer- [View All]

[CWebster]

"Robert Borosage, a prominent liberal organizer, groused, 'The party has been mobilizing itself with increasing energy against Bush - and here's the DLC, lobbing memos, trying to rip our skin off, trying to discredit certain candidates before the primaries even happen. It's name-calling and blah blah blah, and it's totally divisive. It's also a sign of their weakness.'

Some analysts say the DLC is spooked about losing influence; after a stint as a '90s insider (when Clinton co-opted GOP issues such as welfare reform and a balanced budget), From was an outsider during Al Gore's autumn 2000 campaign, when Gore moved leftward, with populist attacks on corporations. From wound up on the other campaign plane with his centrist soulmate, vice presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman.

One veteran Washington observer, a nonpartisan who is normally sympathetic to the DLC, said privately: 'It seems like Al is taking Dean's progress as a personal repudiation of everything the DLC stands for, just sort of lashing out with no regard for whether it's helping the party. It seems to have gotten very personal.'"



http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/6398905.htm