-- cross-posted from mnblue.com

I got a call yesterday from Eric from the Democratic Action ... something or other (Network?  Coalition?).  He was fundraising for them.  He started off by asking "aren't you tired of Democrats caving in to the Republicans?" which I thought was strange, because wasn't that what this last election was all about?  Then he got to name dropping who was behind this organization.  He mentioned James Carville, Tom Vilsack, Dick Durbin and a few others whose names I don't remember.

I wasn't going to let this pass.  So this poor guy got to listen to me rant.

After all, the Democratic Leadership Council's strategy of pandering to the middle, backstabbing, rolling over to the Republicans and only challenging a few Republicans is what brought us the Congressional victories of '94 through '04 and the Presidential victories of 2000 & '04.  Those would be Republican victories.  They do not have a winning strategy.

I picked on Cueball as an example of the pundit/consultant class of Washington, DC that is what's wrong with Dems in Washington, the DLC and if Carville is involved, that's not a good thing.  Carville is part of the problem and is not going to be part of any solution involving standing up to the Republicans.  His war to oust Howard Dean failed and no Dem who wants to succeed will listen to him.

After venting my spleen at this poor fundraiser, I read on dKos that a new organization has just come into being ... They Work For Us which is a coalition of labor, the netroots, trial attorneys and progressive politicians who want to hold Democrats accountable.  I read about it here at MyDD as well ... its just that for whatever reason, I read dKos first.

I did some searching, but couldn't find anything on "Democratic Action" or "Democrat Action" or anything similar.  I'm wondering if this is the DLC's answer to They Work For Us.  If anyone has more information on this Democratic Action Thing-er-ma-jiggy, please illuminate me in the comments.  I think it's pretty suspicious ... I wish I'd have taken notes.