LOS ANGELES Al From, president and founding father of theDemocratic Leadership Council (DLC), acted this week like thehappiest man at the Staples Center.
Both halves of the ticket-Al Gore and Joe Lieberman-are DLCoriginals and exemplars of the "New Democrat" gospel preached byFrom. It could be said that a movement created by From in reaction todisastrous Democratic defeats under left-wing leadership now was intotal command of the world's oldest political party.
But that would not be true. The party's rank and file, asreflected by the delegates to this Democratic national convention,are well to the left of the DLC. So are talking points propagated bythe Gore campaign …
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