Hmmm.
From an email from Joe Courtney’s office:
Today at the White House, Congressman Joe Courtney and other members of the New Democrat Coalition met with President Obama to discuss critical issues facing our nation. The New Democrat Coalition is a group of like-minded moderate Democrats who have joined to seek solutions on issues such as the economic crisis, healthcare, and energy and technology innovation.
The “New Democrats” are the folks who led the fight to “improve” the recent bankruptcy amendments to make them more banker friendly, because after all, at this particular time, there’s no one in the country more deserving of a little love than your friendly neighborhood mega-bank.
Just when we thought we’d captured two out of three branches of government, we see our party at work, rapidly abandoning their president and trying to appease the non-existent middle. If the Republicans are too fixated on appeasing their base, the Democrats are too anxious to stab their own in the back. What we will get from the New Democrats is “responsible” policy positions that will be half measures in a time when only bold action will do. Personally, I prefer the old Democrats like Teddy Kennedy, who aren’t afraid to advocate a truly progressive agenda.
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