Digby: New Dem Strategy? Put Party up for Bid to Big Business and Silence Liberals

[marmar]

New Dem Strategy? Put Party up for Bid to Big Business and Silence Liberals


If you have any interest at all in having one of the two major political parties in the United States being something other than a brothel servicing the wealthy and fundamentalist know-nothings, then you should be interested in this Down With Tyranny post which features this little piece of advice from a Democratic politician:

"There was a lot of money spent against Democrats by Democrats. That contributed to the scale of our losses... I think if we had avoided that, we would have saved, maybe, six or eight more seats,” said Lynch. “I don’t think it would have stopped the overall result, but maybe six or eight seats” could have been held.

Clearing primaries for members and discouraging liberal groups from spending against incumbents should be a priority for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, he said. “It would definitely help, I think. You need to talk to those groups.”

Lynch basically wants to put the Democratic Party up for bid to big business, telling labor and liberals in the party to get with the program or shut the hell up. The people shall have no say in who represents them. This shall be done solely by the powers that be.

It's quite an interesting contrast to the GOP which really felt the lash of their Tea partiers and lost some long time stalwarts. Perhaps that's because they won big anyway, but their public response has been pretty muted nonetheless. Of course, their uprising is being financed by the same people who currently call the shots in both parties, so I suppose any conflict is more cosmetic than anything. And they are rarely contemptuous of their activists the way Democrats are. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/456112/new_dem_strategy_put_party_up_for_bid_to_big_business_and_silence_liberals/

[HereSince1628]

1. New? Only for those unfamiliar with the DLC's rise in the late 80's

And welcome aboard to the reality of a nation without a solidly pro-labor party.

[fascisthunter]

2. THAT'S Exactly what is Happening

[msongs]

3. when your party leadership is mostly closet case republican wannabees.... nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. New?

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

5. So, they are going to basically say be loyal or shut up?

Will anyone be surprised?

It isn't as if they have been willing to listen to the liberal base. This just means taking that next step from being mad at us to actively telling us to go away.

Will they do it? That depends on how loud we can be and how much money it will cost them to throw us away.

[ProSense]

6. This is one guy's opinion.

Lynch is an asshole. Even the Boston Globe endorsed his challenger.

[Pholus]

10. Yet "get with the program" has been a VERY common theme in many threads here...

As "the 85%" likes to constantly say.

[Mojorabbit]

7. I got a call from the DNC

this evening looking for money for the 2012 elections. I said I am going to contribute to those candidates that have the same ideals I do which are what the Dem party used to stand for, not Repub. lite.

[Hello_Kitty]

8. "And they are rarely contemptuous of their activists the way Democrats are"

Establishment Republicans talk smack about their base behind their backs but their Democratic counterparts do it right out in the open. And they do this knowing that RW demagogues are calling for the actual extermination of liberals.

[Catherina]

9. Rec'd but far from new. This has been DLC strategy from the start n/t

[Enthusiast]

11. We already know this.

I will not vote for a Democrat that does not share my values. I will not send a Democrat that does not share my values money for their campaign. Why should I support Democrats that vote exactly like Republicans just because they have a D next to their name. This isn't college football.

[leeroysphitz]

12. I hate to sound like a broken record but... NEW? n/t