(Ari Berman will be with us for the hour on Friday March 4th, 2005 at 5:00PM EST)

Going Nowhereby ARI BERMAN

[from the March 21, 2005 issue- Reprinted by permission]

In May 2003 the centrist Democratic Leadership Council published its yearly list of "100 New Democrats to Watch." The DLC frequently puts out these lists as a way to publicly solidify its identification with the New Democratic movement within the Democratic Party. The 2003 list, however, contained a number of questionable additions, including then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama. As a state senator, Obama had ...   more »