New Group to Tout Democrats' Centrist Values
Third Way Plans to Focus On 'Moderate Majority'
By John F. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 11, 2004; Page A35
As Democrats continue to stagger from last week's election losses, a group of veteran political and policy operatives has started an advocacy group aimed at using moderate Senate Democrats as the front line in a campaign to give the party a more centrist profile.
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Third Way is the latest in a series of organizations aimed at rescuing Democrats from the perception that they have lost touch with middle-class voters, particularly in the heartland states that voted overwhelmingly for President Bush over Sen. John F. Kerry.
The group, which has enlisted the support of several senators from Bush-backing "red states," hopes to rebut the notion that Democrats represent an outdated brand of liberalism by producing new policy proposals designed to create a "moderate majority," said Matt Bennett, Third Way's communications director.
rest of article here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41113-2004Nov10.html
Update:
Searching online uncovers this article, using the "Third Way" terminology on the website of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
Dated: June 1, 1998
http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=128&subid=187&contentid=895