Is Erskine Bowles really a Democrat?

[RandySF]

I thought I was going to vomit as I watched Alan Simpson heap praise on Erskine Bowles for helping draft a set of proposals that would have sent more elderly Americans into poverty. Bowles, for his part, grinned so wide that I could have sworn Simpson was rubbing his knee. What kind of a Democrat does he think he is?

[villager]

1. The "new" kind of Democrat? Which is to say, a Republican.

n/t

[villager]

2. DU's software thinks it bears repeating!

but one go-round may be enough... ;-)

[Gravel Democrat]

3. "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'Democrat' is"

[tsuki]

He has always been a snake. nt

[TheKentuckian]

4. A conservative corporate hack with a bogus looking cubs (D) next to his name??? Sure.

Advocate for the poor and working folks, firm civil libertarian, advancer of equality, and protector of the commons? Muahhaha, Muah, muahhahahhaha!!!

[bluestateguy]

5. What is an Erskine Bowles?

It sounds like some kind of an intestinal disease.

[Gravel Democrat]

7. "sounds like some kind of an intestinal disease"

Irksome Bowels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome

[dchill]

6. Erskine Bowles is a member of the new,

Republican-approved "Democrat Party."

[David__77]

8. He would fit in very well with the Senate Democratic caucus.

So, yes - he is a Democrat. But if you are asking if he is a progressive, that is another question entirely, and the answer is NO.

[mmonk]

9. "New Democrat".

Equals old Republican.

[ronatchig]

10. Mr. Bowles and his ilk

are why I have lost faith in the NC Democratic party. The party leadership almost to a person is very much corporatist.

Bowles very much is the face of Democratic leadership in NC. It is as if a reality where CEOs, and the wealthiness are not Tsarist overlords is outside their ability to perceive.

Where is labor represented on this commission?

[blindpig]

11. Yes, he is.

It's just that a lot of folks like to project what they want the Democratic Party to be rather than accepting what it is. The 'party of FDR' was a historical contingency which has been shucked as no longer necessary and an impediment to business as usual.

[stillwaiting]

12. He's an Obama Democrat aka Clinton Democrat (nt)

[Flubadubya]

13. Bluest of the blue!

[Better Believe It]

14. Of course he is. He's the same kind of Democrat that President Obama is.

What would make you think otherwise?