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The Pre-Mortem: Daley Says Dems Lost 2010 Election Because They Were Too Liberal

By Big Tent Democrat

As predictable as the sun rising, the Chicago/Third Way/DLC type that support the Obama Third Way are laying blame for the coming Dem loss in 2010. As one would expect, Chiacgo pol and DLC stalwart William Daley blames the DFHs:

The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come.

The battle of the 2000s in the Democratic Party was between those seeking Fighting Dems and folks like Daley and Rahme Emanuel who were for accomodating conservatives and Republicans. Because George Bush was the worst President in history, the decision on that battle was inconclusive. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party was handed back without a fight to the DLC wing by the fantasy that Barack Obama was not a Third Way politician.

Perhaps the wake up call has arrived and progressives will realize that pols are not their best friends. They are pols, and they do what they do. Fight for the policy, not the pols. See also Cenk Ugyur.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 27, 2009 (boomark / email).