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Warpy

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1. Of course there wasn't. They just sold themselves as the way to counter Nixon's southern strategy

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:55 AM

Dec 2015

by offering conservative Southern Democrats as candidates for the top spot and for concentrating party resources on winning sure things, only, neglecting districts that elected more GOP than Democrats on average.

They were initially funded by the Koch brothers. That should tell people everything they need to know about them.

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Was there ever any good reason for the DLC to exist, or for the DLC take over this party? [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2015 OP

Of course there wasn't. They just sold themselves as the way to counter Nixon's southern strategy Warpy Dec 2015 #1

Was there ever a good reason to post murielm99 Dec 2015 #2

Great post daybranch Dec 2015 #3

1980, 1984, and 1988 come to mind 1939 Dec 2015 #4

Whoever formed it had their reasons treestar Dec 2015 #5

Of course there was. The Koch brothers wanted to own both parties, so they started the DLC. Scuba Dec 2015 #6

The story that's pushed is to convince people that the Party was in disaster mode HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #7

The DLC should have formed their own party meow2u3 Dec 2015 #8