Just like with the primary season all of the other contenders are dlcers. Look at who has been proposed, thus far, Simon Rosenberg NDN/DLC, John Edwards DLC, John Kerry DLC, Bill Clinton DLC, Donna Brazille ?, Harold Ickes of Clinton whitehouse, and Leon Panetta of the Clinton whitehouse.
Ok, this is pretty much what happened in the primaries, with Dean stacked against atleast five dlcers.
If we progressives really want to get a toehold on the DNC shouldn't we propose more than one candidate? The DLCers seem to create leverage for themselves by putting several horses in the horse race, who can differ with each other on all but three taboo dlc issues. The three bogey issues for the dlc are classwar, being antiwar under any circumstances, and criticism of Israel.