"Simon Rosenberg, the former field director for the DLC who directs the New Democrat Network, a spin-off political action committee, says,
"We're trying to raise money to help them lessen their reliance on traditional interest groups in the Democratic Party. In that way," he adds, "they are ideologically freed, frankly, from taking positions that make it difficult for Democrats to win." http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articl... A picture of the new team.
DLC posts picture of the new team
That's why we can say good bye to women's reproductive rights, the rights of gays, and real reform....because they are stances that make it hard to win.