Democratic hopefuls snub party moderates
Democratic hopefuls snub party moderates - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton will be there. So will 300 officeholders from more than 45 states. But one thing will be missing when Democrats gather in Tennessee this weekend to discuss how to appeal to moderate, independent-minded voters in 2008: the Democratic presidential field.
Not a single one of the eight presidential candidates plans to attend the Democratic Leadership Council's summer meeting, a snub that says less about the centrist DLC than it does about a nomination process that rewards candidates who pander to their parties' hardened cores while ignoring everybody else.
This article is totally one-sided. If anybody knows the best way to contact the writer, please post the info. I think the snub says more about the DLC an their divisive founder than it does about the nomination process. Al From has proven to be down right hateful to anybody left of the DLC and has made his contempt for organizations such as MoveOn.org very public while embracing "Big Business." This is why the candidates, especially Clinton, are smart not to attend this meeting. Even mainstream Democrats are tired of seeing these DLC so-called "centrists" like Joe Lieberman, continually cede influence and authority to this president and the GOP (Grand Obstructionist Party).
Labels: Comment, DLC, Election 2008
posted by Marc1A at 7/25/2007 08:09:00 PM
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