I am a New Democrat

The following is excerpted from former President Bill Clinton's monsterous autobiography, My Life:

The first New Democrat. In the 1968 Indiana primary, Bobby Kennedy became the first New Democrat. He believed in civil rights for all and special privileges for none, in giving poor people a hand up rather than a handout: work was better than welfare. He understood in a visceral way that progressive politics requires the advocacy of both new policies and fundamental values, both far-reaching change and social stability. If he had become President, America's journey through the rest of the twentieth century would have been very different.

I was talking with a College Republican today at dinner. He said he would vote for Senator Evan Bayh over Govs. Arnold S. and George Pataki as well as former Mayor Guiliani. The New Democrats are the same type of Democrats like Senator Bobby Kennedy in the 1960's. I am a New Democrat. I have more respect for the Kennedy's than I ever will for Hilary Clinton.
This paraphrase comes from Salon:

Unlike Ted, Joe II and Patrick, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is a "new Democrat." The Democratic Leadership Council's Al From has called her "a national leader in the new-Democrat movement" for "her landmark work on crime, community service and character education."

I hope that Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend runs again and that her brother, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. runs for office someday.
In other news, Dick Clark has announced that Regis Philbun will sub in for him on December 31, 2004, to ring in the new year.