Here are the Third Way elected officials, identified by Third Way:

[ucrdem]

OUR TEAM - honorary co-chairs:

Sen. Thomas Carper, Senator
Sen. Claire McCaskill, Senator
Sen. Mark Udall, Senator
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Senator
Sen. Kay Hagan, Senator
Sen. Chris Coons, Senator

Rep. James Clyburn, Member of Congress
Rep. John Dingell, Member of Congress
Rep. Ron Kind, Member of Congress
Rep. Joseph Crowley, Member of Congress
Rep. Jared Polis, Member of Congress

emeritus co-chairs:

Gabrielle Giffords, Former Member of Congress
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Ken Salazar, Former Secretary of the Interior
Jane Harman, Former Member of Congress
Ellen Tauscher, Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense
Blanche Lincoln, Former U.S. Senator
Evan Bayh, Former U.S. Senator
Melissa Bean, Former Member of Congress

link: http://www.thirdway.org/about#

If there are others, by all means add them to the list. But as far as I can tell, other than the Clintons who are supported by Third Way, this is it. Barack Obama is not on this list and there does not seem to be any link between Obama and the DLC or Third Way.

[merrily]

1. Obama self-describes as a New Democratic. During a televised interview,

he allowed as how, in the 1980s (Reagan years), he would have been considered a moderate Republican.

Why the pressing need to decide what he is now, though? He will never run again.

[ucrdem]

3. I just did your homework for you and Obama is not a member of Third Way.

You're welcome.

[merrily]

8. Irrelevant and wrong. A rose by any other name. DLC/Third Way/New Democrats etc. Many names,

very similar philosophy.

Not being a member of the Third Way think tank has nothing to do with whether one is Third Way or not anyway.

The Third Way philosophy was around long before the think tank.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way

Not everyone who believes in the philosophy is linked to the think tank.

New Democrat/moderate Republican/Third Way.

[ucrdem]

12. I see. He's a member of the Third Way myth and legend.

Thanks.

[merrily]

16. If you are going to be wilfully obtuse about this, I can't help you.

The notion that no one has a Third Way political philosophy unless the Third Way think tank lists them is beyond wron

Enjoy your error.

Who cares, anyway? He'll never run again.

[ucrdem]

60. The simple fact is that Third Way is critical of Obama and does NOT support him:

http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?p=3879

[merrily]

76. Beside the point. Politicians with similar philosophies disagree with each other on some things.

Is this news to you?

I KNOW you were saying that being on some think tank's list is the be all and end all of third way politicians and are now trying to backpedal away from that. But, what else are you saying as you try to backpedal? That all politicians who are Third Way agree with each other in every single way? That you can't possibly be Third Way if some think tank formed in 2005 by Clintonites disagrees with you about something?


The man self-identified as a New Democrat and practically said he was a moderate Republican. New Democrats are third way. I take him at his word. Are you calling him a liar, or are you saying you are in a better position to identify his political philosophy than he is? Or are you just that clueless about Third Way, yet still refuse to look at a link I've now posted to you on two different threads?

And, again, why is it so important to decide what Obama is, besides a Democratic President who will never run again? Working for the Obama legacy team?

[jeff47]

41. Neither are the Clintons. Yet you mentioned them.

One does not have to be on the official list to subscribe to the political philosophy.

[ucrdem]

45. The Clintons are mentioned in the Third Way blog in connection Alison Grimes:

Her husband has become a magnetic figure on the campaign trail. President Bill Clinton went to Kentucky this week to campaign for Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic Senate candidate who’s running against Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. Clinton carried Kentucky twice. Obama, not once. Obama’s job rating in Kentucky is 32 percent. - See more at: http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?tag=hillary-clinton#sthash.mzviGIND.oVoX8kp9.dpuf

Other blog entries on the same page seem to indicate strong support for Mrs Clinton:

http://perspectives.thirdway.org/?tag=hillary-clinton

Neither Clinton is identified as part of the Third Way team however.

[Marr]

2. "Other than the Clintons...", lmao.

This is getting funny.

[ucrdem]

6. Neither Clinton is listed as a current or emeritus co-chair.

The Third Way blog however is supportive of Mrs Clinton's possilbe candidacy. That's what I found. You're welcome.

[merrily]

10. You are equating the think tank with the philosophy. That's beyond wrong.

[Marr]

13. Which kind of makes your list meaningless, huh?

Trying to minimize their relevance by saying they're just a few relatively obscure names, I mean. They have a broad effect on the party, and are representative of an ideology that's larger than one think tank.

But don't let me interrupt your performance. If I could make a request, I'd love it if you'd explain why cockroaches don't actually exist next. It would save me some money on insecticide.

[ucrdem]

15. I'm nailing down names, period. nt

[merrily]

14. If you things that are just plain wrong are funny, this is downright hilarious.

[Autumn]

4. Did someone say Barack Obama was on the list of 3rd wayers?

Those of us who are aware of the third way knew he wasn't on it. But he does self identify as a "new democrat"

[merrily]

24. You can espouse the Third Way political philosophy without even knowing the think tank exists.

This idea that no one is a Third Way politician unless he or she is formally connected to the think tank that is named after the philosophy is a joke.

That's like saying no one who self describes is a socialist is a socialist unless he or she is connected to the Socialist think tank.



Besides, Obama did not only self identify as a New Democrat. He all but self identified as a moderate Republican. Yet, he ran as a Democrat. If that isn't the Third Way philosophy, what is?

[Autumn]

64. merrily you are spot on the money

I have seen no one say that Obama was on the list. But what outrage is there in that?

[Ykcutnek]

5. What a huge list.

Their influence is unmatched.

[ucrdem]

20. It is fearsome indeed. nt

[RobertEarl]

7. Good thing Obama is not involved

He's too smart to be in tight with the third way.

I notice some of the names in the 3rd way are some of the worst offenders. Thanks for shining a light on them, uc.

[ucrdem]

9. Well there are two fewer senators as of Tuesday, Hagan and Udall.

How the Reps did I don't know.

[L0oniX]

34. What about Geithner, Summers, Paulson, Bernanke and Rubin???

Interesting shit here... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/magazine/what-timothy-geithner-really-thinks.html?_r=0

[RobertEarl]

37. Damn!!

One minute he's out and the next he's in!!

I wished Obama would make up his mind on where he stands.

[MineralMan]

11. OK. I'm not surprised by any of those.

I visited the link, which was the first time I've ever been on that website. I can't really see how they're that strong an influence on Democratic politics, based on those names and the website.

[ucrdem]

18. Apparently there's also a Third Way state of mind,

not to be confused with any earthly Third Way.

[RobertEarl]

22. They've had their day

And have proven to be losers. We are on to them and we Lefties are crushing them.

Good job, uc, for helping expose them.

Amazing the power the Left has, isn't it?

[ucrdem]

26. Frankly getting anyone here to disclose a single name was impossible.

Not one frickin' name. Insults, insinuations, mixed-up whacko false conclusions a-plenty, but a name? Nada.

If that's the power of DU's anti-Third Way contingent I wouldn't call it amazing.

[Rex]

35. Well to be fair your I-think-I'm-clever haiku said more about you than anything else

so nobody really thought you were sincere, can you blame them?

[ucrdem]

38. If you need an excuse, fine, I'll accept it.

But the fact is no one could name a single name when I asked.

[Rex]

39. Excuse? So you didn't write that and then demand people comply?

You have a strange way of trying to get information. Personally I don't think this plan of trying to minimize the Third Way is going to work, but have at it.

[ucrdem]

40. Whatever nt

[RobertEarl]

42. I'm sure uc is sincere

He just, well, he's just learning... one hopes.

You see? uc is just exploring the ins and outs and all abouts of this great modern political system of strange political bedfellows.

Me? I did not have sex with that enemy!!

Maybe I did bop one or two of the others, but not that one!! Of course it all depends on what the meaning of is, is. Is we clear?

[Rex]

43. I have to admit I have loved watching them flip flop all over the ground all week.

Pretending not to know anything...it is funny and sad at the same time.

[RobertEarl]

52. Yeah, it's been funny

One day it's like the third way doesn't exist, but if it did, it didn't mean a thing, and then it's like, yeah, ok, there they are, but they don't have any umphhh, even if they are financed by wall street. And now we've come to look, Obama is not in bed with them!!

[Rex]

53. What gets me is how they assume we are as stupid as repukes.

I have no doubt repukes would fall for this shit hook, line and sinker. Just an overall insult to our collective intelligence.

[RobertEarl]

59. You have to admit

The third way did have some success. So they figure if they just keep up the bullshit, they can keep it alive? Well, now, they've just about played themselves out and having exposed themselves rather well, they may just quit? One can hope?

[Rex]

62. Not a chance imo, the Third Way board of trustees is almost all investment bankers

that lean libertarian. I can only imagine how many billions over the decades they have put into accounts just dedicated to keeping their plans off the radar. You can see the total freak out here over just mentioning their name. No, deep pockets like that means we will probably never be rid of them. Also, they still have big plans to destroy social security. That might take awhile.

[ucrdem]

44. Look if you refuse to answer questions

no one is going to know who or what the hell you're talking about. I finally looked it up and now we know. You're welcome.

[RobertEarl]

46. What question are you asking?

Hey, I'm just having some fun. Yeah, at your expense, for sure. But you can afford it, right? No?

[ucrdem]

48. Names of Third Wayers. nt

[MineralMan]

25. I suppose. However, I think the term "Third Wayer" is bandied about

far too freely on DU. I've been called one, but today was the first time I've ever seen that website. I don't align myself with anyone on that list of members at all. Some are in Congress, but there are all sorts of people in Congress who don't represent me or my state. My Senators are Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar. I didn't see their names on that list anywhere. I like Al Franken very much. Amy Klobuchar is a reliable vote for almost all measures supported by Democrats. She's also very popular in Minnesota and will easily earn reelection in 2018 when she runs again. We just re-elected Franken.

[Chathamization]

50. Well, this is true. Third way gets used in a goofy way here, but it does represent a very real

change in governing philosophy. Politicians have moved away from having politicians embrace big increases in welfare (the ACA being an exception) or large government spending projects, and have largely embraced things like welfare reform and market based solutions.

Again, the term gets used in an odd way around here (notice how the Clintons get labeled third wayers all the time, while I've never seen the term used to describe Dean), but the philosophy (liberals who are against large welfare states and large scale public works projects) is probably the most prominent philosophy amongst Democrats (at the very least, Democratic politicians, but I suspect much of the base as well).

[ucrdem]

58. Yes, goofy is an understatement, but I'd agree.

However the term has been so overused and so poorly defined that at this point it doesn't mean much else than "I don't care for you or your views." Other than that it's meaningless.

[W_HAMILTON]

17. That sure is a lot of Former and soon-to-be Former Members of Congress/Senators.

And who are the Third Way Republicans in Congress? Are there any?

[RiverLover]

21. They're purging themselves b/c not Progressive & voters aren't showing up for them ~nt

[RiverLover]

19. Senator Sherrod Brown isn't on there for a reason, he's a true Liberal.

One shining light from Ohio, for at least 2 more years anyways.

[on point]

23. Harold Ford jr, continual corporate dem sell out and MSNBC commentator.

[Rex]

27. I wonder how many people a large group of investment bankers can buy?

I bet a lot of people.

[AgingAmerican]

28. Two in your list are Obama cabinet members

Obama's cabinet has always been riddled with Third Wayers, Republicans and Investment bankers.

[ucrdem]

31. Former members, as far as I can tell.

Salazar is out and Sibelius is going.

[AgingAmerican]

32. "Members"

nt

[ucrdem]

36. Names. nt

[AgingAmerican]

61. Your list is missing "names"

Like Bill Daley, the third way board member who replaced DLC Rahm Emanual as Obama's chief of staff.

Your list is incomplete.

[ucrdem]

63. Okay I'll add the Board of Trustees:

board of trustees:

John Vogelstein, Chairman

David Heller, Vice Chairman

Bernard L. Schwartz, Chairman Emeritus

Jonathan Cowan, President

Georgette Bennett

William D. Budinger

David A. Coulter

Lewis Cullman

William Daley

John Dyson

Robert Dyson

Andrew Feldstein

Michael Goldberg

Brian Frank

​Peter Joseph

Kef Kasdin

​Derek ​Kaufman

Derek Kirkland

Daniel Lewis

Thurgood Marshall, Jr.

Susan McCue

Herbert Miller

Michael Novogratz

Rachel Pritzker

​Kirk Radke

​William ​Reeves

Howard Rossman

​Marc ​Spilker

​Ted ​Trimpa

​Christine Varney

Barbara Manfrey Vogelstein

Joseph Zimlich
...............................
same link: http://www.thirdway.org/about#

[Voice for Peace]

29. Mark Udall was defeated, was he not?

[ucrdem]

33. Hagan and Udall were both defeated, yes.

About the Reps I don't know.

[Warren Stupidity]

47. That is why we need more "third way" corporate approved cartoon democrats

because only they can persuade voters to stay the fuck home and not bother voting.

[Phlem]

30. There's nothing that stops them from excluding someone on a list.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-goldman/redefining-the-center-to_b_804327.html

How many bankers went to jail on Obama's watch.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/third-way-no-way

[WorseBeforeBetter]

49. LOL Your list captures only those who have served as co-chairs.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are featured prominently on their About page.

"Not too far left, not too far right" served Kay Hagan really well. Thanks Third Way, straight from North Carolina... you were instrumental in helping Democrats lose the Senate!

President Jonathan Cowan has "consistently led an internal insurrection against the obsolete notions of his own Democratic Party." How'd that work out in 2010 and 2014, Jonathan? (Please, America, fight to keep their grubby paws off your "obsolete" Social Security and Medicare!)

The SVP for Public Affairs, as a 23-year-old campaign staffer, is the one who put Dukakis in the tank. Is this the same guy that brought us the dopey Obamacare Pajama Boy? What a winner that was.

VP of Operations: "At the tender age of 16, she worked on top secret projects at the Department of Defense under Secretary Caspar Weinberger." 16!

I rarely use this, but -- LMAOROFL -- Josh likes "dank basement punk show." Nah, he's the genius behind Pajama Boy.

Keep reading DUers... even their bios are bullshit.

http://www.thirdway.org/about

[ucrdem]

51. Obama and Biden are in a stock photo that has no apparent connection to Third Way.

They are not listed as part of the team and are not otherwise connected that I can determine.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

54. The Biden backdrop *is* Third Way. Looks like he was participating...

in some sort of panel on the future of the workforce.

Oh, they're part of the team. And when this is all over, Biden needs to step aside. Hang out in Rehoboth. Something.

[ucrdem]

57. That's the implication, yes, but it's not supported by any language on the page.

Which strikes me as disingenuous.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

67. Take it up with the Third Way, then.

Their contact info is at their website.

Here's another goodie:

Mieke has thrown up in an F-15, eaten at an Applebee’s with her old boss, Senator Ted Kennedy, and makes a mean brisket. She’s seen and done a lot more—but as a former congressional intelligence staffer, it'd be a felony for her to say too much.

That's for the Director of the National Security Program.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

55. They're the "Not as Bad" wing of the Democratic Party.

Not as bad as Republicans

Not as bad as Progressives

Not as bad as Liberals

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine

[Dragonfli]

78. As always you've chosen the perfect quote

[WorseBeforeBetter]

56. Seriously DUers, you want a laugh? READ THE BIOS.

So much bullshit in such little space.

[madfloridian]

65. You are forgetting the New Democrats Coalition wing of the party.

Here is the House website.

http://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/

Senate New Dems are harder to find, but here is a page with a bunch of links.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Senate_New_Democrat_Coalition

The New Democrats were formed in 1997, and are closely tied in policy to the Third Way

http://newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov/about-me

[madfloridian]

66. Ooops, I forgot they changed New Dem to NDN

http://www.ndn.org/

That's why it's hard to find a lot about the groups.

[Kermitt Gribble]

68. No, just linked through a great number of his cabinet picks.

You sound very desperate to prove Third Way irrelevance.

[wyldwolf]

69. ooh ooh - I'll help build the purge list

Happy Purging!

Barack Obama
Bill and Hillary Clinton
Al Gore

In the 113th Congress, the following 50 members of the House of Representatives currently belong to the New Democrat Coalition:[12]

Alabama[edit]

Terri Sewell (AL-07)

Arizona[edit]

Ron Barber (AZ-02)
Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

California[edit]
Ami Bera (CA-07)

Lois Capps (CA-24)
Tony Cardenas (CA-29)
Susan Davis (CA-53)
Scott H. Peters (CA-52)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-46)
Adam Schiff (CA-28)
Juan Vargas (CA-51)

Colorado[edit]

Jared Polis (CO-2)
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)
Connecticut[edit]
Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Delaware[edit]
John Carney (DE-At Large)
Florida[edit]
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23)

Georgia[edit]

David Scott (GA-13)

Hawaii[edit]

Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01)

Illinois[edit]

Bill Foster (IL-11)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)
Brad Schneider (IL-10)

Indiana[edit]

André Carson (IN-7)

Louisiana[edit]

Cedric Richmond (LA-2)

Maryland[edit]

John Delaney (MD-06)

Michigan[edit]

Gary Peters (MI-14)
New Jersey[edit]
Rush D. Holt (NJ-12)

New York[edit]

Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Gregory Meeks (NY-5)
Eliot L. Engel (NY-16)
Bill Owens (NY-21)

North Carolina[edit]

Mike McIntyre (NC-07)

Oregon[edit]

Kurt Schrader (OR-5)

Pennsylvania[edit]

Allyson Schwartz (PA-13)

Puerto Rico[edit]

Pedro Pierluisi (PR-At Large)

Tennessee

Jim Cooper (TN-05)

Texas[edit]

Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Filemon Vela, Jr. (TX-34)

Virginia[edit]

Jim Moran (VA-8), charter member

Gerry Connolly (VA-11)

Washington[edit]

Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
Adam Smith (WA-9), Vice-Chair, charter member

Wisconsin[edit]
Ron Kind (WI-3), Vice-Chair, charter member

Former members[edit]
Former Representatives[edit]
Members who have left Congress:

James A. Barcia (MI-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Chris Bell (TX-25), lost re-election following redistricting
Ken Bentsen (TX-25), charter member, did not seek re-election
Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), did not seek re-election and subsequently resigned in 2012
Ed Case (HI-2), did not seek re-election
Bob Clement (TN-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Jim Davis (FL-11), charter member, did not seek re-election
Peter Deutsch (FL-20), charter member, did not seek re-election
Norman D. Dicks (WA-6), charter member, did not seek re-election
Bob Etheridge (NC-2), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Harold Ford (TN-9), did not seek re-election
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), resigned from Congress in January 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), appointed to Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat
Jane Harman (CA-36), resigned in 2011
Jay Inslee (WA-1), resigned in March 2012, Elected State Governor
John J. LaFalce (NY-29), charter member, did not seek re-election
Nick Lampson (TX-22), lost re-election in 2008
Bill Luther (MN-6), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Tim Mahoney (FL-16), lost re-election in 2008
Denise Majette (GA-4), did not seek re-election
Bob Matsui (CA-5), charter member, deceased
Karen McCarthy (MO-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA-37), deceased
Brad Miller (NC-13), did not seek re-election
Earl Pomeroy (ND), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Steve Rothman (NJ-9), charter member, lost renomination following redistricting
Max Sandlin (TX-1), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Thomas C. Sawyer (OH-14), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Heath Shuler (NC-11), did not seek re-election
Charles Stenholm (TX-17), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Ellen Tauscher (CA-10), appointed Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Jim Turner (TX-2), charter member, did not seek re-election

Senate New Democrat Coalition members[edit]

The following Senators belong or belonged to the Senate New Democrat Coalition.[13][14][15]

Current senators[edit]

Dianne Feinstein (CA, by 2001)
Thomas R. Carper (DE, by 2001; co-chair from 2003)
Bill Nelson (FL, by 2001)
Mary Landrieu (LA, founder, co-chair from 2003)
Debbie Stabenow (MI, by 2001)
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
Tim Johnson (SD, from 2000)
Maria Cantwell (WA, by 2001)

Former senators[edit]

Blanche Lincoln (AR, founder, from 1999; defeated in 2010)
Evan Bayh (IN, founder, retired from senate in 2011)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State)[16]
Bob Graham (FL, founder, chair from 2000–2003; retired from Senate in 2003)
Max Cleland (GA, from 2000; defeated in 2002)
Zell Miller (GA, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2004)
John Breaux (LA, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Jean Carnahan (MO, from 2001; defeated in 2002)
John Edwards (NC, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Bob Kerrey (NE, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Richard Bryan (NV, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Chuck Robb (VA, from 2000; defeated in 2000)
Jon Corzine (NJ, from 2004; retired to run for Governor in 2005)
John Kerry (MA, from 2000); resigned to take office as Secretary of State in 2013

[GeorgeGist]

73. Good riddance.

[wyldwolf]

74. So when are you sending in the armed gunmen?

[leftofcool]

77. Aren't you scared of being "purged"? Didn't you see the movie.

They kill Democrats one night of the year.

[MFrohike]

70. Just a tip

If you're going to try to defend Obama from the charge of being part of the New Democrat grouping (which included DLC and Third Way), it'd be best if you explained the absolute horde of Rubinites who infested Treasury and the West Wing from day one. That extremely inconvenient fact tends to undercut your assertion.

[RiverLover]

71. Right? Obvious from day 1.

[HereSince1628]

72. Obama's assigned mentor was Joe Liebermann

Liebermann was a CHAIR of the DLC.

So, if Obama resisted becoming a member of the DLC, he did so after close connections to it. Good for him.

[RiverLover]

75. Corp Lobbyists who fund "Democratic" Third Way~

GOP Donors and K Street Fuel Third Way’s Advice for the Democratic Party

"...Buried inside the annual report for Third Way is a revelation that the group relies on a peculiar DC consulting firm to raise half a million a year: Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart. Peck Madigan is no ordinary nonprofit buckraiser. The group is, in fact, a corporate lobbying firm that represents Deutsche Bank, Intel, the Business Roundtable, Amgen, AT&T, the International Swaps & Derivatives Association, MasterCard, New York Life Insurance, PhRMA and the US Chamber of Commerce, among others.

The two organizations complement each other well. Peck Madigan signs as a lobbyist for the government of New Zealand on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal; Third Way aggressively promotes the deal. Peck Madigan clients push for entitlement cuts, and so does Third Way.

Notice that Humana, a major health insurance company, lists its $50,000 donation to Third Way not as a donation to a think tank but as part of its yearly budget spent on lobbying activity, up there with the Florida Chamber and other trade associations. The company views financial gifts to Third Way as part of its strategy for increasing its profit-making political influence..."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/177437/gop-donors-and-k-street-fuel-third-ways-advice-democratic-party#