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DCCC vs. DLC - Poll
by Gary Boatwright


Members of the MyDD community who have been around for a while are quite familiar with my contempt for the DLC for both policy and structural reasons. While not universal, contempt for the DLC is very well founded, as demonstrated by the following small sample of diaries DLC Maneuver on S.S. by Bob Brigham, DLC Dammit! by Political Junkie, The Rise and Fall of the DLC by v2aggie2, and An Aspect of the DLC Problem by janfrel

I recently noticed that the DCCC had thirteen candidates listed on their website they were supporting. The DCCC page that I linked to in that comments has been replaced by a map of interactive links that simply lists all Democratic candidates for House seats in 2006.

Is the DCCC hiding their miserable record of recruiting and assisting Democratic candidates for the House in 2006? Is there any transparency in the DCCC? Does the DCCC maintain a public list of expenditures on behalf of Democratic candidates?

Not as much attention has been focused on criticism of the DCCC, but in order to gage the relative discontent with the DCCC and how it is being managed by Rahm Emmanuel, I offer the following poll:




Which Democratic organization is the biggest handicap for the Democratic Party?

The DLC hands down
44 votes - 63 %

The DCCC sucks just as badly
25 votes - 36 %

69 Total Votes


While I disagree with Jesse over at The Stakeholder from time to time, I believe he is doing an excellent job on the DCCC blog. My intent is to focus on the structural infirmities of both organizations, but everyone is of course welcome to vote according to their own dictates.

I am aware that the DLC is an organization that is outside of the formal Democratic Party structure and therefore outside the formal channels of party control. In practice, how does the DLC interact with Democratic Party fundraising campaigns for candidates?

If the DCCC has supporters at MyDD I welcome positive comments about DCCC activities that I may not be aware of. My concern is that the DCCC is not taking the idea of competing in every congressional district seriously.

That said, I am also concerned about what the DNC is doing to meet Howard Dean's stated goal of being competitive in every district. Does anyone know how the DNC, DCCC and DSCC divy up the responsibility for funding Democratic candidates?


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Yeah, here we go. Everyone wonders why Democrats can't get together and form a front against the Repub-Chisto-fascist zombie regime which currently rules our country with an iron fist.

Give it a break Sky. I see what you are saying. But, it is nothing in the the face of the Big Brother fascism we are now confronting in the body of the Republican party.

Do me a favor. Try to stick together long enough for the revolution. Then we can hash out our differences.

Ya made me laugh Shoe. I owe ya one.


Additional point is that the DLC is bad news.
The DLC does not represent main stream Democrats,
and they manage to pull the party towards that which more of us rally against!

When you speak of Democrats dressed in Republican ideology,
most of those are with the DLC.

Check it out.



By the way, IF the revolution ever happens, odds are it will rise up durinig the night while we sleep, and be over before we wake up in the morning!

We'll see highlights on Good Morning America.