The Colorado Independent

DLC lauds Speaker-elect Carroll, points to historic legislative leadership

By Ernest Luning | 11.14.08 | 3:34 pm

Newly anointed speaker of the Colorado House Terrance Carroll gets the star treatment from the rabidly centrist Democratic Leadership Council, which this week named the Denver Democrat its New Dem of the Week. With the re-election of state Sen. Peter Groff to head the upper chamber, Carroll’s ascension in the House makes Colorado the first state in the nation to have both houses of a legislature led by African-Americans, the DLC profile observes.

A Progressive View On the DLC’s “National Conversation”

By Leslie Robinson | 07.28.06 | 11:37 pm

There were a handful of Western Slope Democrats at the Democratic Leadership Council’s (DLC) “National Conversation” session last week. One of these Democrats, from the progressive side of the party, was Harvie Branscomb. He is the co-chair of the Eagle…

DLC Members Mull Presidential Candidates

By Leslie Robinson | 07.24.06 | 10:11 am

Bill Clinton may have been the darling of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) in his run for president, but his wife, Hillary isn’t fairing as well with some DLC members. An informal and unscientific survey of a few attendees…

Denver Scores Supporters for Convention Site

By Leslie Robinson | 07.24.06 | 12:47 am

It’s looking good for Denver’s quest to capture the Democratic National Convention in 2008, if you ask members of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). The DLC is in Denver for their “National Conversation” session.