Divergent Views in the Democratic Party
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Dec. 11, 2013-An intra-party
spat among two Democratic-aligned groups has generated some
sparks. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC, the
"bold progressives") held a rally in front of the headquarters of Third
Way, a centrist think tank, criticizing its "corporatist
strategy." In an op-ed in the Wall
Street
Journal last week, "Economic Populism Is a Dead End for
Democrats," Third Way president Jon Cowan and senior vice president for
policy Jim Kessler argued that, "Nothing would be more disastrous" than
"adopting the economic populism of New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio
and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren." Holding signs declaring
themselves "from the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Democratic Party,"
PCCC activists presented petitions calling on Third Way to "reveal your
corporated funders & stop attacking Elizabeth Warren's popular
ideas." Several leaders from Third Way came down and were allowed
to present their views. PCCC has recently been advocating for
increasing Social Security benefits, an idea which Sen. Warren came out
in support of in November. |
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Alex Lawson of Social Security
Works, Adam Green, co-founder of PCCC, and Matt Bennett, co-founder of
Third Way.
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Caroline Rodgers-Stone, a retired schoolteacher
from Durham, NC, spoke on the importance of Social Security to herself
and her husband. Earlier Jeannie Brown of Belgrad, MT (at left)
addressed the importance of Social Security in taking care of her
severely disabled granddaughter Lena.
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Caroline Rodgers-Stone speaks on
Social Security.
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