The Newer Democrats

by Jerome Armstrong, Mon Nov 29, 2004 at 06:42:13 AM EST

Ruy Teixeira, over at Donkey Rising points to some of his recent writings, that I'd rec. First, at Rolling Stone, A look at the numbers, what they really mean and what happens next, and second an article he wrote before the election, "Old Democrats and the Shock of the New (pdf)" (forthcoming in a Hoover Institution volume, Varieties of Progressivism in America, edited by Peter Berkowitz), that lays out the ways in which the Democratic party has evolved away from both Old and New Democrats.

I especially enjoyed the insight of the pdf excerpt from the Berkowitz book. It's the first frame of what's going on with the blogosphere, the new 527s, and Dean's candidadacy that puts it into a perspective that moves beyond a lot of the debate that occurs around Dean's potentially becoming the Chair of the DNC. For too long, we've seen the DLC centrists reach back to brand everything that's happened with Dean as more of the liberal McGovern-Mondale-Dukakis tradition that's lost, the press buys into it, and the wingers enable it gleefully. It's no longer going to work, it's time for a Newer Democrat to lead.

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Dean is in the moderate-to-liberal category as many DLC members are--including myself.

the dems are 1/3 liberal and 2/3 moderate.  the GOP is 1/3 moderate and 2/3 conservative.

by kydem 2004-11-29 08:01AM | 0 recs
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One thing that is very clear is why Teixeira, Gergen and Hart get paid to comment on elections and I don't. Not so clear is what course we should set for 2008. We can all be grateful that clearer minds than mine will make the decision.

On the other hand, the DLC may not care what anybody thinks. hmmmmm.

by Gary Boatwright 2004-11-29 08:37AM | 0 recs
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Instructive History of the Democratic Party
The DLC needs to set a clear path and do it soon. Our party party needs to reach left and bring those Democrats more toward the center.

It's interesting that Wes Clark and John Edwards were not beholden to any particular wing of the party. My guess is the next Democratic presidential candidate will chose the same route they did.

by easystreet 2004-11-29 10:54AM | 0 recs
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Ruy Teixeira for DNC?
Ruy's analysis may not be perfect, but it's a lot better than anything else I've read. Is there a snowball's chance in hell that this can lead to a consensus among all of the special interests in the party? Or are we condemned to internal bickering for a couple more election cycles?
by Gary Boatwright 2004-11-29 12:02PM | 0 recs

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