OR AT LEAST I WAS A NEW DEMOCRAT UNTIL THE STAFF CORRECTED ME:

Obama: 'I am a New Democrat' (JONATHAN MARTIN & CAROL E. LEE, 3/10/09, Politico)

President Barack Obama firmly resists ideological labels, but at the end of a private meeting with a group of moderate Democrats Tuesday afternoon he offered a statement of solidarity.

“I am a New Democrat,” he told the New Democrat Coalition, according to two sources at the White House session.
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Obama made his comment in discussing his budget priorities and broader goals, also calling himself a “pro-growth Democrat” during the course of conversation.

White House officials stressed that Obama was not making any declarations, but rather pointing out that he was in sync with many of the group's principles.

If there's one thing his biography teaches us, it's that he has no idea what he is.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 10, 2009 8:30 PM