As interesting look at the debate within the democratic party.

One school of thought says that former president Bill Clinton, by supporting welfare reform, the death penalty and deficit-cutting economics, had set the stage for Democrats to reclaim their status as America's majority party.
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The left looks at the same result and sees things quite differently: Gore won the popular vote with his populist, environmentalist campaign, and would have been elected easily if he had been stronger on those themes.

From my perspective, the President of the Democratic Leadership Counsel has the right approach for the Dems:

Clinton's "New Democrat" approach was "the most successful political and governing strategy in our lifetime. We shouldn't even be having this argument over basic party principles."

Go George McGove . . . er . . I mean, Howard Dean!
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 10:38 AM