[GretchenEE]

"It's a document Walter F. Mondale would have felt comfortable distributing," Mr. Brownstein wrote. It avoids any of the centrist thinking promoted by Mr. Clinton and the Democratic Leadership Council. "Instead, it seems inspired more by Al Gore's ill-fated 2000 campaign, which drifted back toward the old Democratic strategy of wooing interest groups with targeted programs."

Cool.

[Cultural Jihad]

The Democrats cannot mount a credible campaign by dismissing economic issues and ceding national security and the war on terrorism to Mr. Bush and the Republicans. "Voters will not take Democrats seriously as a party to be entrusted with national leadership if they fail to address the most urgent set of national issues," the DLC lectured party leaders last week.

The underlined parts reveal very truthful, unconditional statements.