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Candidate Notes on 01-DLC1

 


01-DLC1 on Nov 7, 2000

America and the world have changed dramatically in the closing decades of the 20th century. The industrial order of the 20th century is rapidly yielding to the networked “New Economy” of the 21st century. Our political and governing systems, however, have lagged behind the rest of society in adapting to these seismic shifts. They remain stuck in the left-right debates and the top-down bureaucracies of the industrial past.

The Democratic Leadership Council, and its affiliated think tank the Progressive Policy Institute, have been catalysts for modernizing politics and government. The core principles and ideas of this “Third Way” movement [began with] Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaign in 1992, Tony Blair’s Labour Party in Britain in 1997, and Gerhard Shroeder’s Social Democrats in Germany in 1998.

    The Third Way philosophy seeks to adapt enduring progressive values to the new challenges of he information age. It rests on three cornerstones:
  1. the idea that government

should promote equal opportunity for all while granting special privilege for none;
  • an ethic of mutual responsibility that equally rejects the politics of entitlement and the politics of social abandonment;
  • and, a new approach to governing that empowers citizens to act for themselves. The Third Way approach to economic opportunity and security stresses technological innovation, competitive enterprise, and education rather than top- down redistribution or laissez faire. On questions of values, it embraces “tolerant traditionalism,” honoring traditional moral and family values while resisting attempts to impose them on others. It favors an enabling rather than a bureaucratic government, expanding choices for citizens, using market means to achieve public ends and encouraging civic and community institutions to play a larger role in public life. The Third Way works to build inclusive, multiethnic societies based on common allegiance to democratic values.



    • Democrats participating in 01-DLC1

    Tom Allen s1aMaine Democrat
    Brian Baird s1aWashington Democrat
    James Barcia s1aMichigan Democrat
    Roy Barnes s1aGA02 Former Democratic
    Evan Bayh s1aIN Democratic Jr Senator
    Ken Bentsen s1aTexas Democrat
    Shelley Berkley s1aNevada Democrat
    Marion Berry s1aArkansas Democrat
    Earl Blumenauer s1aOregon Democrat
    John Breaux s1aLA Former Democratic incumbent; retired 2004
    Maria Cantwell s1aWA Democrat Jr Senator
    Lois Capps s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Jean Carnahan s1aMO Democrat Senator (Former)
    Tom Carper s1aDE Democrat Jr Senator
    Max Cleland s1aGA Democratic Senator (Former)
    Bob Clement s1aTennessee Democrat
    Bill Clinton s1aPOTUS Democrat
    Kent Conrad s1aND Democrat Sr Senator
    Bud Cramer s1aAlabama Democrat
    Joseph Crowley s1aNew York Democrat
    Gray Davis s1aCA03 Former Democratic
    Jim Davis s1aFlorida Democrat
    Susan Davis s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Peter Deutsch s1aFL Former Democratic challenger; US Representative
    Cal Dooley s1aCalifornia Democrat (Until 2004)
    Mike Easley s1aNC Democrat
    John Edwards s1aNC Former Democrat Senator; retired to run for President, 2004
    Anna Eshoo s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Bob Etheridge s1aNorth Carolina Democrat
    Dianne Feinstein s1aCA Democrat Sr Senator
    Harold Ford s1aTennessee Democrat
    Dick Gephardt s1aMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
    Bob Graham s1aFL Former Democratic Senator; retired 2004
    Jane Harman s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Baron Hill s1aIndiana Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
    Ruben Hinojosa s1aTexas Democrat
    Bob Holden s1aMO Former Democrat
    Rush Holt s1aNew Jersey Democrat
    Mike Honda s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Darlene Hooley s1aOregon Democrat
    Jay Inslee s1aWashington Democrat
    Steve Israel s1aNew York Democrat
    Tim Johnson s1aSD Democrat Sr Senator
    John Kerry s1aMA Democrat Jr Senator, ran for President 2004
    Ron Kind s1aWisconsin Democrat
    Herbert Kohl s1aWI Democrat Sr Senator
    John LaFalce s1aNew York Democrat/Ind./Lib. (Until 2004
    Nicholas Lampson s1aTexas Democrat (Re-elected 2006)
    Mary Landrieu s1aLA Democrat Sr Senator
    James Langevin s1aRhode Island Democrat
    Rick Larsen s1aWashington Democrat
    John Larson s1aConnecticut Democrat
    Joseph Lieberman s1aCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
    Blanche Lambert Lincoln s1aAR Democratic incumbent
    Gary Locke s1aWA Former Democrat
    Ken Lucas s1aKentucky Democrat (Until 2004)
    Bill Luther s1aMinnesota Democrat/Farmer/Labor
    Carolyn Maloney s1aNew York Democrat/Liberal
    Jim Maloney s1aConnecticut Democrat (retired)
    Jim Matheson s1aUtah Democrat
    Robert Matsui s1aCalifornia Democrat (deceased)
    Carolyn McCarthy s1aNew York Dem./Ind./Working-Families
    Karen McCarthy s1aMissouri Democrat (Until 2004)
    Mike McIntyre s1aNorth Carolina Democrat
    Juanita Millender-McDonald s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Zell Miller s1aGA Former Democratic Sr Senator retired 2004
    Ruth Ann Minner s1aDE Democrat
    Dennis Moore s1aKansas Democrat
    James Moran s1aVirginia Democrat
    Ronnie Musgrove s1aMS Democrat
    Grace Napolitano s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Ben Nelson s1aNE Democrat Jr Senator
    Bill Nelson s1aFL Democrat Sr Senator
    Sam Nunn s1aGA Democrat Senator (Former)
    David Phelps s1aIllinois Democrat
    David Eugene Price s1aNorth Carolina Democrat
    Silvestre Reyes s1aTexas Democrat
    Charles Robb s1aVA Democrat Senator (Former)
    Tim Roemer s1aIndiana Democrat
    Mike Ross s1aArkansas Democrat
    Steven Rothman s1aNew Jersey Democrat
    Loretta Sanchez s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Max Sandlin s1aTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
    Adam Schiff s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Jeanne Shaheen s1aNH Former Democratic Nominee
    Brad Sherman s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Ronnie Shows s1aMississippi Democrat
    David Adam Smith s1aWashington Democrat
    Vic Snyder s1aArkansas Democrat
    John Spratt s1aSouth Carolina Democrat
    Debbie Stabenow s1aMI Democrat Jr Senator
    Charles Stenholm s1aTexas Democrat
    Bart Stupak s1aMichigan Democrat
    John Tanner s1aTennessee Democrat
    Ellen Tauscher s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Mike Thompson s1aCalifornia Democrat
    Jim Turner s1aTexas Democrat (Until 2004)
    Tom Udall s1aNew Mexico Democrat
    Robert Wexler s1aFlorida Democrat
    David Wu s1aOregon Democrat



    Republicans participating in 01-DLC1



    Independents participating in 01-DLC1

    Brad Carson s1aOK 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
    Joseph Hoeffel s1aPA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative
    Chris John s1aLA 2004 former Democratic challenger; US Representative



    Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

    Democrats: 100
    Republicans: 0
    Independents: 3