DLC ready to back Obama

How nice of them.



Group with Clinton connections ready to back Obama

By CHRISTOPHER WILLS – 2 hours ago


CHICAGO (AP) — By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Barack Obama. But members of the Democratic Leadership Council seem ready to embrace Obama rather than risk squandering an opportunity for victory this fall.

"Ultimately, what I care about is putting a strong Democrat in the White House," said Phil Bartlett, a state senator from Maine who backed Clinton in the primary.

But many DLC members, meeting in Chicago on Sunday, argued victory will require following their centrist organization's philosophy.

They urged Obama to emphasize practical solutions to the problems directly affecting voters — gas prices, inflation, failing schools, job security. He can't let Republicans define him as a tax-and-spend liberal, they said, and he can't let the left push him toward a campaign based on retribution against the Bush administration.

"We need somebody who can pull us together," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Md., a DLC vice chairman. "Voters want us to be united and they want us to govern from the middle."

The Democratic Leadership Council was formed in the wake of Walter Mondale's huge loss to Ronald Reagan in 1984. The goal was to change the party's image and focus by stressing such issues as welfare reform, charter schools and business opportunity.

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and he can do what he thinks is best..thanks for your input dlc.

He wouldn't have supported FISA. Truth is, he needs centrists and organizations like the DLC.

whole picture yet.

""We need somebody who can pull us together," said Sen. Tom Carper, D-Md., a DLC vice chairman. "Voters want us to be united and they want us to govern from the middle.""

Perhaps some of Obama's move toward the center isn't completely his own choice. These people might be applying pressure on him.

I hope you're wrong.

Of course you are. He's moving to the center because he wants to win and help other Democrats win.

God do I hate the DLC. I just have to keep reminding myself that their time is running short.

They've "been ready" to back him all along. He may have declined membership, but his positions fit them like a glove. They've been in a win/win/win situation since super Tuesday.

when the PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) holds as much sway as the damned DLC.

I remember him saying he didn't want to be associated with them.
And saying it was time for "Change" in Washington.
I guess we'll see.

Go away DLC, we don't need your "help" and we sure as hell don't need your advice.
We already have a party that follows your values, they're called republicans.