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...expect there to be much change," Reich said, noting the advantage incumbents would have with a buoyant economy and chiding his party for failing to formulate a coherent set of Democratic goals...
...after laying out this bleak out-look for the short term, Reich dismissed it, shifting the focus of his speech from a discussion of Washington politics to one on the themes relevant to the Democratic Party at the turn of the millennium...
...Reich predicted the Democratic Party was approaching a watershed moment within the next two years when it would make a crucial decision as to what course it would chart for itself...
...That decision," said Reich, "is whether the Democratic party is the party of the underdog in American society...whether its mission is to provide genuine opportunity to people in the bottom two thirds or whether it is just another political party, like the Republicans, but with a slightly different constellation of values...
...part, Reich admitted he was in favor of the former interpretation of his party's position, noting the importance of staking "ground which had not been staked," in reference to the large pool of young Americans in search of a compelling political message...