Political Hay
A Wake Up Call
The futility of Republican kowtowing to black voters.
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All three called to congratulate Gore on his decision and to wish him well and to ask for a meeting to discuss the future. Thus far, Gore has made plans only with Lieberman, and put off the others.
Several phone calls that Gore did not take came from Rep. Dick Gephardt. No word on whether there is any real animus there or not, but Gephardt has always been viewed as a Gore competitor for money and support from Big Labor. As well, Gore in the past has believed that Gephardt’s close relationship with DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe worked against his building a relationship with the party leader.
p> AT FULL BORE br> On Wednesday, at the Brookings Institution, Sen. John Edwards made what his staff had touted as one in a series of “policy speeches.” Previous speeches dealt with the economy and terrorism. This one attacked the Bush Administration’s Homeland Security plan. The speech drew a moderate crowd of mostly second- and third-tier policy wonks and journalists, many of whom showed up hoping to hear the North Carolina senator tee off on Trent Lott .
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