There isn't much left of the DLC organization proper, but as Marv notes there is that thing called the White House. It's impossible to distinguish current Obama policy from historic DLC positions. The only difference is not as much overt union-bashing (from the WH).
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-11-15, at 7:20 AM, Max Sawicky wrote: > > > There are some liberal groups that are soft on deficit reduction, such > as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "Third Way" is a Peter > Peterson front group, not left by any definition. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.nationaljournal.com/blogs/influencealley/2012/11/left-divided-over-grand-bargain--08 > > It looks to me more like a front group for the Democratic Leadership > Council than the PPI, still therefore "not left by any definition". > > See the list of DP senators and representatives who are its honorary > co-chairs: http://www.thirdway.org/co_chairs. > > Also its Board of Trustees, comprising Wall Street bankers, lawyers, and > hi tech execs all of whom, it would appear, share DP leanings - Bill Daley, > Obama's former chief of staff, foremost among them. > > http://www.thirdway.org/trustees#trustee_40 > > In other words, a policy and propaganda arm of the Obama administration > which is seeking to head off and contain anti-austerity protests from the > Democratic party's working class base. A Romney administration cutting back > public pension and health programs would have been a "less effective evil" > in this regard. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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