DLC on brink of a major shake-up

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The Democratic Leadership Council — a group of centrists that dominated Democratic politics during the Clinton presidency but is laboring to remain relevant in the Obama era — is on the brink of a major shake-up.

Al From, the DLC’s founder and leader since its founding 24 years ago this month, said he plans to step down within the next couple months, handing the reins to his longtime protégé, Bruce Reed.

At the same time, the Progressive Policy Institute, an influential think tank run by the DLC, is going separate ways. Will Marshall, who heads the think tank, said the recent Democratic electoral gains and a massive new agenda being pushed by the Obama administration “require us to think anew.”

The upheaval at the DLC is a striking sign of the political times. Under From, the group was always controversial — making its name during the 1980s and ‘90s with stark warnings that traditional, interest-group liberals were threatening to turn the Democratic Party into a permanent minority party.


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“We want to get out of the political advice business and focus on the ideas that will help the administration succeed,” Reed said.

From called this new focus appropriate. The reason the old Clinton era battles in which the DLC specialized may seem absolute, From contended, is that his side won.


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AKA, we're obsolete. Happy camper!

[FLAprogressive]

1. they are not moderates. they are conservatives.

[Zhade]

9. And their conservative politics have been REPUDIATED.

Good. Fuck them.

[Geek_Girl]

2. Yay!!!!!

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[wryter2000]

3. May I be the first to say it?

"They're in disarray."

[Taverner]

4. The Progressives HAVE won!

Hallelujah!

[Zhade]

10. High five!

NT!

[w4rma]

5. Good Bye Al From! (happy dance!) (nt)

[FarLeftRage]

6. al from should be in prison...

for collaboration with his neo-con counterparts.

and fuck the dlc... repuKKKe lites!!

[Zhade]

7. WE WIN, DLCERS.

Suck on it, you conservative fucks.

[lonestarnot]

8. You mean dos tings that pretend they're dems? Adios biatches!

:woohoo: hasta la fucking bye bye!

[xchrom]

11. michael steele might soon be looking for a job. nt