Reply #18: The last time a Democratic president listened to the DLC we steadily lost control of Congress

[struggle4progress]

and then we lost the Presidency. And for the next eight years, the DLC regularly attacked liberals. I've heard decades of liberal-bashing from right-wing conservatives: by now I recognize it instinctively -- and that's what comes from the DLC


DLC | Political Memo | January 1, 1998
Here to Stay
New Democrats Are Winning the Battle for Their Party's Soul
By Al From
... New Democrats, not liberals, will dominate the party in the 21st century. New Democrats are the true heirs to the legacy of Jefferson, Jackson, Roosevelt, Truman,and Kennedy. The best way to be a true Democrat is to be a New Democrat ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=86&subid=84&contentid=874


DLC | The New Democrat | January 1, 2000
The New Progressive Era
Gore and Bradley Should Heed the Lessons of the Clinton Years
By Al From
... Democrats need to hold onto the White House. We won't do that if our candidates veer left ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=86&subid=84&contentid=890

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | July 23, 2005
Valuing Patriotism
American voters know that 9/11 put national security back at the center of politics. Democrats should unify behind a new progressive patriotism.
By Will Marshall
... The problem for Democrats is that an important part of their base -- upscale white liberals -- seems torn about the meaning of patriotism ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=124&subid=307&contentid=253472

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | March 15, 2005
Know-Nothing Liberalism
Book Review
By Fred Siegel
... know-nothing liberalism .. drove first the Dean campaign and then the party into the ditch ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=170&contentid=253221

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | February 9, 2006
Liberal Fallacy
By Peter Ross Range
... you also have the passionate streak that requires a liberal to hate -- not just disagree with -- her political enemies ... Denial is an old liberal trait ... The problem with the politics of hate and anger is that it diverts attention from creating a positive, competitive program that voters will embrace. And it causes liberals to say extreme things -- like accusing George W. Bush of lying about weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253718&kaid=127&subid=171

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | February 9, 2006
Trading in Myth
By Edward Gresser
Today's liberals have embraced a centuries-old canard about the perils of global trade ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253726&kaid=108&subid=206

DLC | Blueprint Magazine | May 17, 2006
The Early Politics of Evasion
A brief history of the intellectual cowardice that left Democrats hopelessly boggled on social issues.
By Joe Klein
In 1981, I left the liberal wing of the Democratic Party because the liberal wing of the Democratic Party had gone off the deep end ... http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253874&kaid=127&subid=171