Is it true that all the candidates other than Edwards, Kucinich, and Dodd are members of the DLC?

[Czolgosz]

I ask because there is a pro-Kucinich website that is saying that all of the Democratic presidential candidates other than Edwards and Kucinich are members of the DLC, but the website lists Dodd's membership as "unknown." Out of curiosity, I checked in with the Dodd campaign to see whether or not he was a DLC member:

This seems to be a hot topic today. I'll repeat what I posted in another comment thread: Many people often conflate the fact that Senator Dodd was the General Chairman of the DNC for the 1996 cycle (during which he helped re-elect President Clinton), with DLC membership. This is not the case. Senator Dodd is not, and has not been a member of the DLC

http://www.chrisdodd.com/node/818

So, does anyone know if it is true that all of the other candidates besides Kucinich, Dodd, and Edwards are members of the DLC?

[rinsd]

1. What is the Pro-Kucinich website?

If its the one by the Hull-Richter kids I would avoid it as a source. (kucincihwinsOC)

They like to play fast and loose with the facts.

[Czolgosz]

4. It was a vote peace website. I cannot find it now but it seemed to take some factual liberties.

[hedda_foil]

2. No. Obama is not DLC.

The DLC once listed him on their site while he was running for the Senate and an article on the Black Commentator (?) wrote about it. It turned out that they had listed him because he was a sure winner and they wanted credit even though he wasn't DLC. He called them out on it and has never joined.

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[seasat]

5. Obama and Kucinich are the only non_DLC that I know for sure.

Dodd is kinda iffy. The DLC stopped listing their membership and Dodd is on a list compiled on a MYDD blog (LINK).

Edwards apparently was a member when in the senate. He gave a speech at the DLC's 2002 National Conversation (LINK).

Excerpts from his speech (LINK):

Responsibility of the kind we have seen in New York is at the heart of what the DLC has always stood for; it is written in the record and work of this organization. From national service to community policing to deficit reduction, the ideas you have advanced around the country have been about inspiring a new sense of responsibility in all walks of American life. Millions of Americans are able to lift themselves up, give something back, and hold their heads high because you have given them the chance.
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And as we do more to strengthen our domestic defenses, we must tackle the ticking crime bomb in our midst: the 600,000 convicted criminals who are completing their sentences and returning to our streets every year. We have more than four million people on probation and parole who have broken the law before and are likely to do so again. We are putting criminals back on the streets and nobody's watching them. That is wrong and it has to be stopped. People on probation and parole who use drugs should be punished for it. We need more parole officers, out from behind their desks, and we need to hold people on probation and parole responsible for turning their lives around and becoming productive citizens again.

If we're serious about responsibility, we need to take responsibility for turning around our public schools, not walk away or leave them as they are. We need to ask more from teachers and pay them better in return. We need more choice and competition within the public schools, not vouchers that spend public money without public accountability. We need to do more to teach values at school, not less. The Ninth Circuit was wrong about the Pledge of Allegiance. This is one nation under God, and I want our schoolchildren to know it.