LinkChris Crain, the former Washington Blade editor who blogs at Citizen Crain, traces the recent discontent with HRC to a January Boston Globe article on HRC's work in the 2006 elections. The piece noted HRC's work to help elect Democratic majorities both in Congress and at the state level in New Hampshire and elsewhere. The article claimed that HRC leaders wanted the organization to be seen as a "steady source of grassroots support for Democrats — more akin to a labor union than a single-issue activist group." In the article HRC President Joe Solmonese said that after the 2004 elections HRC shifted its priorities away from opposing state marriage amendments and towards electing candidates. For Crain, the article showed that HRC had put the interests of the Democratic Party ahead of the LGBT community.
"For a lot of people that expressed what had been suspected for a long time ... It plays out with whether they view the Democratic Party's priorities as their own ... I have yet to hear the kind of response I had hoped to hear, which is, 'No, that is not the case, and let me show you how we have stood up to the Democratic Party nationally and locally, and let me alleviate your concerns,'" said Crain.
