"Evidence?" The article is not "evidence" that the Dems have ideas or proposals for foreign or domestic policy. What it shows is that businessmen, who are Democrats, are hoping to influence Dem politicians.
In fact, the following paragraph from the article suggests that the ideas held by Dem politicians are of the "populist"
type, which is not what the think tank is about:
But by addressing issues like the costs to the economy of excessive litigation and regulation, Mr. Rubin intends to make the project a laboratory for the type of pragmatic, ideology-free policies that appeal to the project’s Wall Street advisers while also hoping to lure Democratic presidential candidates away from populist economic positions. And with Mr. Rubin and his successor and friend Lawrence H. Summers on board, it will also be a training ground for the next crop of financiers with ambitions to shape policy in a Democratic administration."
If anything, this article shows that the ideas, if any, being put forth by the Democrat party are in sore need of revitalization, and that that fact is recognized by Democrats in the business community.
The criticisms of the Dems lack of ideas is not a criticism that no one who is a Democrat ever had a good idea. The criticism is that the PARTY lacks ideas, or at least, has yet to articulate its position with any degree of clarity or vision. |
