The right wing current of the Democratic party, characterized by its neoliberal economic policies, support of Israel, desire to increase defense spending, and links to heavy donors and fundraisers.
Believes that "left-wing" positions are not politically viable. Describes itself as "moderate and pro-growth". Probably responsible for erosion of the Democratic Party's historical labor and minority base due to support of treaties like NAFTA, lack of support for affirmative action and poverty programs, and their siphoning away of campaign funds from minority groups.
At the national level, the movement was founded by the Democratic Leadership Council (501c4 educational non-profit, founded 1984) and includes the House New Democrat Coalition (founded 1997), the Senate New Democrat Coalition (founded 2000), the New Democrat Network PAC (founded 1996), the misnamed Progressive Policy Institute (501c4 think tank, "Bill Clinton's idea mill", founded 1989), and the umbrella funding group The Third Way Foundation (501c3 non-profit, founded 1996).
Since coming to power within the Democratic Party with Bill Clinton's presidency, the New Democrats/DLC have worked towards "essentially the same purpose as the Christian Coalition... to pull a broad political party dramatically to the right" according to John Nichols of The Progressive.
DLC operatives actively worked to sabotage Howard Dean's candidacy for the US Presidency in 2004, claiming that the "far-left" Democrat was wrong to attack George W. Bush's tax cuts and national security policies.
Corporate contributors to the DLC and New Democratic Network include Bank One, Citigroup, Dow Chemical, DuPont, General Electric, Health Insurance Corporation of America, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco, Chevron, Prudential Foundation, Amoco Foundation, AT&T, Morgan Stanley, Occidental Petroleum, Raytheon, and many other Fortune 500 companies.
The New Democrat Movement is sometimes referred to as the Dixiecrat movement due to the DLC's origination in the southern states, their desire to get rid of affirmative action, and their membership's overwhelming whiteness.
"[Democrats should] shift the primary focus from racism, the traditional enemy without, to self-defeating patterns of behavior [among blacks]" --Chuck Robb, 2nd DLC Chairman, Governor & Senator of the Great State of Virginia, White Man, 1986.
"I'm from the democratic wing of the Democrat Party" --Paul Wellstone, progressive Democrat, criticizing the New Democrat Movement.
"Democrats for the Leadership Class" --Jesse Jackson, progressive black Democrat, describing the DLC.
Official Website:
http://www.ndol.org
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Brian Baird | Politician | 7-Mar-1956 | | Congressman, Washington 3rd |
| Max Baucus | Politician | 11-Dec-1941 | | US Senator from Montana |
| Evan Bayh | Politician | 26-Dec-1955 | | US Senator from Indiana |
| Shelley Berkley | Politician | 20-Jan-1951 | | Congresswoman, Nevada 1st |
| John Breaux | Politician | 1-Mar-1944 | | US Senator from Louisiana, 1987-2005 |
| Maria Cantwell | Politician | 13-Oct-1958 | | US Senator from Washington |
| Lois Capps | Politician | 10-Jan-1938 | | Congresswoman, California 23rd |
| Russ Carnahan | Politician | 10-Jul-1958 | | Congressman, Missouri 3rd |
| Thomas Carper | Politician | 23-Jan-1947 | | US Senator from Delaware |
| Ed Case | Politician | 27-Sep-1952 | | Congressman, Hawaii 2nd |
| Ben Chandler | Politician | 12-Sep-1959 | | Congressman, Kentucky 6th |
| Bill Clinton | Head of State | 19-Aug-1946 | | 42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Hillary Clinton | First Lady | 26-Oct-1947 | | US Senator from New York |
| Kent Conrad | Politician | 12-Mar-1948 | | US Senator from North Dakota |
| Bud Cramer | Politician | 22-Aug-1947 | | Congressman, Alabama 5th |
| Joseph Crowley | Politician | 16-Mar-1962 | | Congressman, New York 7th |
| Artur Davis | Politician | 9-Apr-1967 | | Congressman, Alabama 7th |
| Jim Davis | Politician | 11-Oct-1957 | | Congressman, Florida 11th |
| Susan Davis | Politician | 13-Apr-1944 | | Congresswoman, California 53rd |
| Cal Dooley | Politician | 11-Jan-1954 | | Congressman from California, 1991-2005 |
| Byron Dorgan | Politician | 14-May-1942 | | US Senator from North Dakota |
| John Edwards | Politician | 10-Jun-1953 | | 2004 Vice Presidential candidate |
| Rahm Emanuel | Politician | 29-Nov-1959 | | Congressman, Illinois 5th |
| Eliot Engel | Politician | 18-Feb-1947 | | Congressman, New York 17th |
| Bob Etheridge | Politician | 7-Aug-1941 | | Congressman, North Carolina 2nd |
| Dianne Feinstein | Politician | 22-Jun-1933 | | US Senator from California |
| Harold Ford | Politician | 11-May-1970 | | Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-07 |
| Dick Gephardt | Politician | 31-Jan-1941 | | Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| Al Gore | Politician | 31-Mar-1948 | | US Vice President under Clinton |
| Bob Graham | Politician | 9-Nov-1936 | | US Senator from Florida |
| Jane Harman | Politician | 28-Jun-1945 | | Congresswoman, California 36th |
| Brian Higgins | Politician | 6-Oct-1959 | | Congressman, New York 27th |
| Rush Holt | Politician | 15-Oct-1948 | | Congressman, New Jersey 12th |
| Darlene Hooley | Politician | 4-Apr-1939 | | Congresswoman, Oregon 5th |
| Jay Inslee | Politician | 9-Feb-1951 | | Congressman, Washington 1st |
| Steve Israel | Politician | 30-May-1958 | | Congressman, New York 2nd |
| Tim Johnson | Politician | 28-Dec-1946 | | US Senator from South Dakota |
| Bob Kerrey | Politician | 27-Aug-1943 | | Governor and Senator from Nebraska |
| John Kerry | Politician | 11-Dec-1943 | | US Senator from Massachusetts |
| Ron Kind | Politician | 16-Mar-1963 | | Congressman, Wisconsin 3rd |
| Herb Kohl | Politician | 7-Feb-1935 | | US Senator from Wisconsin |
| Mary Landrieu | Politician | 23-Nov-1955 | | US Senator from Louisiana |
| Rick Larsen | Politician | 15-Jun-1965 | | Congressman, Washington 2nd |
| John Larson | Politician | 22-Jul-1948 | | Congressman, Connecticut 1st |
| Joseph Lieberman | Politician | 24-Feb-1942 | | US Senator from Connecticut |
| Blanche Lincoln | Politician | 30-Sep-1960 | | US Senator from Arkansas |
| Zoe Lofgren | Politician | 21-Dec-1947 | | Congresswoman, California 16th |
| Terry McAuliffe | Politician | 1957 | | Clinton's Chairman of the DNC |
| Carolyn McCarthy | Politician | 5-Jan-1944 | | Congresswoman, New York 4th |
| Mike McIntyre | Politician | 6-Aug-1956 | | Congressman, North Carolina 7th |
| Mack McLarty | Government | 1946 | | White House Chief of Staff, 1993-94 |
| Gregory Meeks | Politician | 25-Sep-1953 | | Congressman, New York 6th |
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | Politician | 7-Sep-1938 | 22-Apr-2007 | Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007 |
| Dennis Moore | Politician | 8-Nov-1945 | | Congressman, Kansas 3rd |
| Jim Moran | Politician | 16-May-1945 | | Congressman, Virginia 8th |
| Ben Nelson | Politician | 17-May-1941 | | US Senator from Nebraska |
| Bill Nelson | Politician | 29-Sep-1942 | | US Senator from Florida |
| Gavin Newsom | Politician | 10-Oct-1967 | | Mayor of San Francisco |
| Sam Nunn | Politician | 8-Sep-1938 | | US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97 |
| David Price | Politician | 17-Aug-1940 | | Congressman, North Carolina 4th |
| Mark Pryor | Politician | 10-Jan-1963 | | US Senator from Arkansas |
| Chuck Robb | Politician | 26-Jun-1939 | | US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001 |
| Timothy J. Roemer | Politician | 30-Oct-1956 | | 9-11 Commission member |
| Loretta Sanchez | Politician | 7-Jan-1960 | | Congresswoman, California 47th |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Politician | 3-Dec-1970 | | Congresswoman, South Dakota |
| Adam Schiff | Politician | 22-Jun-1960 | | Congressman, California 29th |
| Allyson Schwartz | Politician | 3-Oct-1948 | | Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th |
| David Scott | Politician | 27-Jun-1946 | | Congressman, Georgia 13th |
| Adam Smith | Politician | 15-Jun-1965 | | Congressman, Washington 9th |
| Debbie Stabenow | Politician | 29-Apr-1950 | | US Senator from Michigan |
| John Tanner | Politician | 22-Sep-1944 | | Congressman, Tennessee 8th |
| Ellen Tauscher | Politician | 15-Nov-1951 | | Congresswoman, California 10th |
| Tom Udall | Politician | 18-May-1948 | | Congressman, New Mexico 3rd |
| Anthony A. Williams | Politician | 28-Jul-1951 | | Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007 |
| David Wu | Politician | 8-Apr-1955 | | Congressman, Oregon 1st |
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