Should Staffers for Democrats in Congress Identify Themselves at the DU?

[David Zephyr]

Poll question: Should Staffers for Democrats in Congress Identify Themselves at the DU?

This is becoming a real problem for me here at the DU.

I don't have a problem with staffers who are on the payroll of our Democratic Party officials and elected officials posting here at the DU. I welcome their comments and give and take.

However, I do think that it is not above board to be posting here always in defense of certain Democratic members in the House and Senate when someone is on the payroll of the politician he/she is defending and to give the impression that they are speaking independently.

The only staffer that I know who was upfront about it here at the DU is a Dean staffer. This individual has never hidden or tried to appear "impartial" in even the most heated exchanges that we sometimes engage in. I admire that person greatly.

With contentious primary elections looming again and with the potential for hard feelings to develop between those of us who proudly call ourselves Democrats, shouldn't those who are actually in the employment of candidates reveal themselves so that the somewhat deceitful fig-leaf of "impartiality" is removed from their arguments?