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14. Centrism is alive and well in a number of Democratic think tanks, not only Third Way.

Sat May 16, 2015, 11:13 PM

May 2015

Progressive Policy Institute and New Democrat Network were both begun by DLCers; New Policy Institute, which is an affiliate of the New Democrat Network, Center for American Progress, founded by Podesta, who worked for President Clinton and is now working for Hillary's campaign.

I am sure there are more.

These were listed in a 2005 DU thread as being "progressive," sometimes code for "New Democrat," sometimes not, but I have not checked them out.

www.newamerica.net
www.tcf.org
www.americanprogress.org
www.urban.org
www.epinet.org .

The thread came up when I googled "liberal think tanks" but, as you might gather, "liberal" is being used loosely. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1603546

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