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DLC | E-newsletter | May 28, 2010
The Republican Primaries and the End of Reaganism
Only on the surface are this spring's primary outcomes an "anti-incumbent" rebellion against politicians like Crist, Bennett, and McCain. Just beneath, they represent the semi-conscious recognition of the end of a long intellectual reign -- and the opening of a battle for the succession.
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Politico | Opinion | November 12, 2008
Keeping the Promise of Post-Partisanship
By Al From
Obama needs to focus like a laser on a real reform agenda that can reverse America's course and put the country back on the path of growth and prosperity. In short, he needs to govern bigger than his party.
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The American Interest | Opinion | August 15, 2008
Obama's Options
By Will Marshall
Only by continuously re-energizing and mobilizing voters into a national constituency for reform will a President Obama find the power to fix our broken politics.
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DLC | Backgrounder | February 4, 2008
Record Voter Turnouts Promising for Democrats
By Ed Kilgore and Matt Compton
High turnout in this year's presidential nominating contests is reason for Democrats to cheer no matter which candidate they prefer.
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PPI | Front & Center | January 7, 2008
Due Diligence in Iowa
By Will Marshall
The campaign was too long, too costly, and too freighted with cosmic political significance. But in the end, the caucusgoers of Iowa did their job.
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The American Interest | Memo | January 1, 2008
Health Care Costs and Malpractice Reform
By David Kendall
Here are the five key facts which show that the malpractice system as it exists today not only fails to achieve the basic goals of a tort system -- just compensation and effective deterrence -- but also contributes to both rising health care costs and poor quality care.
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PPI | Front & Center | October 9, 2007
How Democrats Can Continue to Bridge "The Security Gap"
By Lt. Gen. Dan Christman (ret.)
Centrist Democrats in recent years have stepped forward with timely and sensible ideas for making America safer. The party now has a choice: It can affirm this renewed image of national-security competence, or it can undermine it.
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The New York Times | Column | September 25, 2007
The Center Holds
By David Brooks
Both liberals and Republicans have an interest in exaggerating the netroots' influence, but in reality that influence is surprisingly marginal, even among candidates for whom you'd think it would be strong.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | April 23, 2007
Fantasy World
By Fred Siegel
Although Nick Cohen is a longtime left-wing
columnist for The Observer of London and The New Statesman, his name is unknown to the vast majority of even the most politically engaged Americans. That should change with the publication of his book What's Left? How Liberals Lost Their Way.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | April 23, 2007
Going South
By Mark Ribbing
There's one proposal for how to reclaim national majority-party status that seems particularly appealing to some Democrats. It can be summed
up in three words: Forget the South. It is the subject of Thomas F. Schaller's recent book, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the
South.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | April 23, 2007
Ideas Debate
By Al From
Raising money and seeking endorsements may be important elements of campaigns, but they are hardly the best ways for our candidates to prepare to lead and govern our nation. New challenges demand new thinking. Let the ideas primary begin.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | April 23, 2007
It's Time for an Ideas Primary
By Harold Ford Jr.
The coming eight months could determine who's in the White House for the next eight years. Voters need to know what they can expect of the next president. That's why we need an ideas debate.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | January 4, 2007
A New Vision for Security
By Jeremy Rosner
Democrats won a national security election. But to consolidate that victory, they must chart a course that inspires lasting confidence in voters.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | November 17, 2006
Crisis On the Right
Our last New Dem Dispatch discussed some of the choices Democrats will need to make in the wake of the midterm victory, and a very different 2008 landscape. But it's worth noting that differences of opinion about the meaning of 2006 are greater on the Right than on the Center-Left.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | October 18, 2006
Breaking Out of the Frame Game
By Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed
The secret to a Democratic victory isn't reframing issues, it's offering new ideas that work. Here's the plan.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | October 18, 2006
Conservatives, Rejoice!
By Bruce Reed
Many conservative pundits have begun arguing that Republicans would be better off losing the midterm elections. Conservatives say they want to lose, but can they pull it off?
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | October 18, 2006
Frosty Fusion
By Amy Sullivan
Two new books about the breakdowns in the Republican Party come to a conclusion that
sounds stern, while sidestepping the real problems that bedevil Republicans today.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | July 22, 2006
Class Dismissed
By Stephen Rose
Why the politics of class warfare won't work for Democrats.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | July 22, 2006
Ideas Still Matter
By Peter Ross Range
In short, the long-awaited revival of the Democratic intellectual tradition -- overwhelmed in recent years by the conservative din -- has begun.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | July 22, 2006
Old Battles
By Ed Kilgore
A review of "American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia,"
edited by Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer and Jeffrey O. Nelson.
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