So, Markos Moulitsas (the founder of the dailykos) picked up on Harold Ford and Gov. Martin O’Malley’s plea for Democrats to remember the center that I discussed the other day. ‘Kos attacked the centrist Democratic Leadership Council (of which Ford is the chair) last week for leading Democrats in the wrong direction, saying it’s the progressive wing of the party (well represented on his blog) that will bring Democrats victory in 2008.
We didn’t flinch from our position on the war. We held the line on social security, even as the Very Serious People told us it was irresponsible. We championed Dean when we were told it would kill the party. We championed Lamont when we were told it would cost us the Senate. We celebrated Nancy Pelosi when we were told we would be demonized as “San Francisco liberals”…We helped build this majority. Not the DLC’s 350 or so members. This is no longer their party. And as such, we can look forward to finally being truly competitive for years to come.
To make things even better, Moulitsas and Ford duked it out on Meet the Press on Sunday.
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