The actual title to this blog post at the New York Times was D.L.C. Leaders Cut Edwards Out
Democratic Leadership Council on a conference call today told reporters they’re “very happy about the two candidates” Americans are considering…I think in the end, Senator Obama’s appeal that he’s made very firmly and directly to independent voters, and Senator Clinton’s appeal to the forgotten middle class are going to add up to a very smashing Democratic majority in the fall.”…
During the rest of the call, the two men said they were pleased that none of the Democratic candidates supports a single-payer health care system, that they are all taking the environment seriously, and that they’re focusing on national security — a strength that Mr. From admits, “we’ve not always had.”
The DLC has a moderate temperament and I believe they are more comfortable supporting incremental, rather than radical, change.
While it may be inevitable that the US will move to a single payer health system, a large fraction of the country may not be ready for this. Getting everyone insured and kids covered through SCHIP is a near term goal that a high percentage of citizen’s can endorse. Once this is accomplished more people may be open to taking further steps.
Effective leadership requires not outrunning your constituents.
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evolved out of his business experience that the best decisions come out of an objective gathering of information and a pragmatic consideration of costs and benefits. I am interested in promoting Centrist candidates and Policies. My posts are mostly about people and policies that I believe are part of the solution rather the problem.