http://www.politico.com/...
At the Politico we get a nice story on how Obama has "snubbed" the DLC.
Here's a striking mark of the distance between Obama and the centrist/Clintonite Democratic Leadership Council: The DLC kicked off their "National Conversation" over the weekend in Chicago, a block from Obama's campaign headquarters.
Obama, who had time to get a haircut and shoot some hoops on what passes for a down weekend on the campaign trail, didn't make it by.
The DLC has "officially lost its mojo," Taegan Goddard concludes.
(Part of the problem may be that a member of the Clinton-backing branch of the feuding Pritzker family played a major role in the gathering.)
Now let me turn the rest of this diary into purely my own personal thoughts.
While Obama has taken some centre-right stances on certain issues, and while that has gravely disappointed me I'm always up for a good slap in the face of the DLC. As we all know the DLC is otherwise known as (or at least acts like) the Republican wing of the Democratic Party to many people.
I don't think, although it would be nice, that the DLC is "dead" or that it will go away, but I'm always glad to see rejection from elected Democrats of the DLC, wether it is a silent snub or a vocal criticism.
I have my own criticism of Obama himself (see: soft on Telecomm Amnesty), but sometimes the small things can help you fall back in love with a person you once cared so much about.
As American liberals, progressives, and/or social democrats, we all know that the DLC is a problem and they are are serious roadblock on our road to progressive changes that we so desperatly need.
This may or may not be a sign of a new trend within Democratic circles, but eitherway it's still feel-good.