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(45,251 posts)Between them, Roosevelt and Truman won an astonishing five Presidential elections in a row and had Democrats winning House and Senate seats for decades.
DLC founding member Clinton, helped by Perot, won before most voters had heard of the DLC or were aware of any schism in the Party (Many still are not.)
DLC founding member Gore lost (or won, depending on your perspective), but not by a landslide, either way, shall we say.
DLC founding member Lieberman couldn't make it deep into the primary.
Senate New Democrat Caucus founding member, Kerry lost.
Obama, who did not mention his New Democrat status until after the election and ran to DLC founding member Hillary's left won the primary and the general.
Still, the New Democrats took over the Party. And the Party seldom, if ever, has done worse than it did in 2010 and this month.
Yet, we are told again and again, that the only electible Democrats are New Democrats. Go figure.