Daily Kos: Rise of people-powered politics
I read Daily Kos every day…I find it to be an incredible source for progressive-minded people interested in politics. So when I saw this posting, I figured I would post it here, as it sums up what is going on in the Democratic Party..and its not good.
“Democrats had a real choice between a DLC-backed milquetoast Democrat and a true progressive in two races — the California governor’s race and the Senate Democratic primary in Montana. In both cases, voters chose the real Democrat, giving their party the ability to offer a clear distinction to the incumbent Republican in November.
A year ago, Phil Angelides demanded his name be taken off the DLC’s ‘member directory’ when told he was on the list. His opponent, DLC fanboy Steve Westly, spent $35 million of his money on his dishonest, losing campaign. That race was so dirty that not only has it seriously wounded Phil Angelides in the general, but it depressed Democratic turnout to the point that it might have cost us the CA-50 race. But ultimately, the right candidate emerged from the muck.
In Montana, the rebirth of the state Democratic Party took another step forward when Jon Tester, who raised $700K, handily crushed DLC rising star John Morrison, who spent $1.5 million in the race. There had been a great deal of pressure on Tester to bow out to Morrison early in the race. Morrison’s own internals had him up 45-25. The money race wasn’t even close. And the establishment rallied around the well-known son of a local political family. But none of that mattered.
People matter. I know I’m repeating myself from earlier polls, but people really do matter.
That’s why the DLC is an irrelevant, dying organization. Because it has no people behind it. It has no natural constituency. No ability to mobilize anything more than corporate lobbyists for any cause. And in today’s people-powered environment, it is an anachronism of a different era, built for a different political world, unable or unwilling to change or adopt. Its candidates are dropping like flies, unable to win contested primaries. More and more DLC-aligned incumbents are facing tough primaries. Its patron saint — Joe Lieberman — may not even be a Democrat for long. You know Tester’s dramatic victory has to weigh on Joementum.”
Source: Daily Kos: Rise of people-powered politics
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