WI: Cabinet of the McGovern Administration

DL, what's that mean?

DLC stands for the Democratic Leadership Council, a middle of the road Democratic think tank. It recently filed for bankruptcy, but it had a major impact in the late '80s-early '90s. Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Mark Warner were all prominent members, and the organization remained prominent until the Iraq War-era. The DLC endorsed the war, and once it became unpopular many former DLCers (like Hillary Clinton) backed away from the organization. The emergence of groups like the Third Way further pushed them to the brink, and eventual bankruptcy.

On the forum, a DLCer is anyone who is a moderate Democrat in the Bill Clinton mold. RogueBeaver is famous for branding Robert Kennedy a DLCer to the chagrin of many liberals. Essentially, the term has become a contemporary reference point for many Democrats pre-Clinton.
 
DLC stands for the Democratic Leadership Council, a middle of the road Democratic think tank. It recently filed for bankruptcy, but it had a major impact in the late '80s-early '90s. Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Mark Warner were all prominent members, and the organization remained prominent until the Iraq War-era. The DLC endorsed the war, and once it became unpopular many former DLCers (like Hillary Clinton) backed away from the organization. The emergence of groups like the Third Way further pushed them to the brink, and eventual bankruptcy.

On the forum, a DLCer is anyone who is a moderate Democrat in the Bill Clinton mold. RogueBeaver is famous for branding Robert Kennedy a DLCer to the chagrin of many liberals. Essentially, the term has become a contemporary reference point for many Democrats pre-Clinton.

Do you believe RFK to be a DLCer, because I don't. Perhaps he's more like Gary Hart almost (Minus the open marriage belief). Do you think Gary Hart would be a DLCer?
 
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Hcallega, I'm gonna make a new RFK TL. I want you to write it with me. I'm gonna use a forum similar to this to test out ideas for a cabinet. Feel free to make suggestions. Let's trade emails and collaborate on suggestions.
 
Roguebeaver is more infamous than famous. Do you believe RFK to be a DLCer, because I don't. Perhaps he's more like Gary Hart almost (Minus the open marriage belief). Do you think Gary Hart would be a DLCer?

I know it wasn't directed to me, but both were definitely DLCer's. RFK certainly less so but he took more Conservative Social positions.​
 
I know it wasn't directed to me, but both were definitely DLCer's. RFK certainly less so but he took more Conservative Social positions.​

I find it a bit difficult because I am uncertain if they would be exactly like Clinton. Roguebeaver assumes RFK would be and even had him pass Clinton-era legislation (Unchanged from OTL and completely identical to) in The Impossible Dream TL.
 
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