"Heavily financed by the most powerful corporations in the world" they sat 54 floors above...

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27. You seem to have most of it. Here's what I was able to find

Centrist Democrats Take Aim at Dean
Friday, 16 May 2003 20:36 By David Von Drehle, Truthout | name.

Editors Note: The Following appeared on an ABC News site: We are typing the following words both knowingly and with great trepidation: we agree with Pat Caddell. On Hardball this week, Caddell said about the DLC's attack on a still potent Howard Dean, "Let me tell why you they're panicked by it. They're panicked by it because the Democratic grass roots is in revolt right now because they're tired of a party that doesn't stand for anything." Dean is tapping into the Internet for communication, community-building, and cash; talking like a Washington outsider; and making people in his party feel inspired and if the McCain comparisons weren't overused, we would make one here Go to ABC Story

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Centrist Democrats Take Aim at Dean
Washington Post

Friday 16 May 2003

WASHINGTON -- In case there was any doubt...

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As founder of the Democratic Leadership Council, From has been pushing the Democratic Party to the right for nearly 20 years. He was in tall cotton, philosophically speaking, when an early leader of the Leadership Council, Bill Clinton, was elected president in 1992. As Clinton's domestic policy guru, Reed pushed New Democrat ideas, such as welfare reform, that were often unpopular with party liberals.

"We are increasingly confident that President Bush can be beaten next year, but Dean is not the man to do it," Reed and From wrote. "Most Democrats aren't elitists who think they know better than everyone else."

The memo took a milder shot at Representative Richard A. Gephardt, Democrat of Missouri, for his proposal to guarantee universal health insurance coverage, which From and Reed called far too costly. "Every primary season unleashes the pander virus," they wrote.

Gephardt spokesman Erik Smith said the criticism is a good sign. Gephardt's plan "has been attacked from the left and from the right," Smith said. "We must be on to something."

http://www.truth-out.org/archive/item/44345:centrist-democrats-take-aim-at-dean

May 15, 2003
THE DEMOCRATS' NEOCON PROBLEM
The 'D' in DLC Doesn't Stand for Dean (David Von Drehle, May 15, 2003, Washington Post)

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"It is a shame that the DLC is trying to divide the party along these lines," said Dean spokesman Joe Trippi. "Governor Dean's record as a centrist on health care and balancing the budget speaks for itself."

As founder of the DLC, From has been pushing the Democratic Party to the right for nearly 20 years. He was in tall cotton, philosophically speaking, when an early leader of the DLC, Bill Clinton, was elected president in 1992. As Clinton's domestic policy guru, Reed pushed New Democrat ideas -- such as welfare reform -- that were often unpopular with party liberals.

"We are increasingly confident that President Bush can be beaten next year, but Dean is not the man to do it," Reed and From wrote. "Most Democrats aren't elitists who think they know better than everyone else."

The memo took a milder shot at Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) for his proposal to guarantee universal health insurance coverage, which From and Reed deemed far too costly. "Every primary season unleashes the pander virus," they wrote.

The McGovern-Mondale wing is in reality the bulk of the Party. It is the DLC that represents a mere wing--a wing whose logical final resting place is in the GOP.

http://brothersjuddblog.com/archives/2003/05/the_democrats_neocon_problem.html