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...More recently, though, From has begun to pick some silly fights. Shortly after the 2000 election, he lambasted Al Gore-who was the most faithful advocate of DLC views in the Clinton White House-for running with a "populist rather than a New Democrat message. As a result, voters viewed him as too liberal." In 2003, From took on Howard Dean for opposing the Iraq war. "It used to be that you could kick around liberals and not get a reaction," says Ed Kilgore, a former DLC spokesman turned moderate blogger. "Dean changed that. The liberal blogosphere kicked back...
...Have you considered encouraging Al Gore to run again? -Debi Dodson, Chattanooga, Tenn.I may have been the first one in that line, but there are a lot of people behind me trying to say the same thing. I think I have spoken my piece politically with "Have a Nice Day." I find I can get a lot more done personally through philanthropy than I can stumping for either side of the aisle...
Taking its place alongside firehouse pancake breakfasts and the Ames straw poll is a new campaign staple: the Trivial Story. The details change--Mitt Romney spends $300 for a makeup artist; John Kerry orders a Philly cheesesteak with provolone instead of "Whiz"; Al Gore wears earth tones on the advice of a consultant. The more trivial the story, the more newsprint and airtime it soaks...
Reporters argue that seemingly small details can illuminate larger truths about a candidate. And they often do: Gore's sartorial hire told us about his insecurity as a candidate, Kerry's sandwich moment about his remoteness. When Elizabeth Edwards told an interviewer on July 17 that a female presidential candidate may by necessity be unable to fully embrace women's issues, she raised an important point. But her remarks were immediately characterized as a catfight between the Edwardses and Hillary Clinton...
...Kenneth Baer is co-editor of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Jeff Nussbaum is a principal of the communications firm West Wing Writers. Both were speechwriters for Vice President Al Gore...