On Nov 8, 2008, at 11:56 AM, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> Unlike El Busho, the new occupant of the WH is not a dummy. He is
> actually
> interested in domestic policy, and he is going to be in charge, not
> the DLC.
>
> The DLC is not some cabal plotting its next move. It's a membership
> list
> of moderate-to-conservative Dems and a think tank with some not very
> consequential figures. The new Administration is much bigger and
> broader
> than the DLC.
The DLC isn't some plotting cabal, but who said they were? The point is that Obama chose a big DLC honcho as his chief of staff. His top economic advisor, Goolsbee, is their chief economist. During the campaign, Obama rejected the DLC's earlier embrace of him - they'd named him some sort of rising star several years earlier - but obviously he did that only because it was unwelcome during the primary season. Clearly the drift of policy is going to be very DLC-friendly.
I'll accept your last sentence, Max, when Obama appoints someone of significance of whom the DLC disapproves. My bet is that it ain't gonna happen.
Doug