I'd say if you went back and looked at Barry Goldwater's record, you would see a fine example of a DLC Democrat, except for a little less pandering to corporations.

I'll try to get around to writing about my thoughts on the "socialist" aspects of government at some point. The short version is that I have come around to thinking that certain functions are best served by entities that the right wing would brand socialist...rail service, the mail, social security, etc. But America serves it's constituents, who are people not corporations in theory, with a mix of governmental forms and entities. The Military, after all, is quintessentially Communist in form.

Steve