Monday, June 30, 2008

Democratic Leadership Council centrists say anything Obama does is fine by them

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama may be the most liberal senator by one group’s scorecard, and the Democratic Leadership Council may be a centrist organization trying to pull the Democratic party away from the left.

But with the smell of victory in the air, no one at the DLC convention in Chicago is quibbling with the presumptive nominee’s positions.

Is there any issue on which Obama differs from the DLC agenda?

None
, said Chairman Harold Ford, who narrowly lost a race for U.S. Senate in Tennessee two years ago. He said the organization’s main goal now is getting Obama elected president.

“We have one goal, and that’s to elect Barack Obama as president of the United States,” Ford said. “We believe that four more years of George Bush through John McCain would make it more difficult to balance the budget and create jobs.”
I guess the DLC can "adjust" its' values to Obama's far-left voting record.