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Reid Calls Greenspan A "Political Hack": Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid: "[I]'m Not A Big Greenspan Fan ... I Voted Against Him The Last Two Times. ... I Think [Alan Greenspan's] One Of The Biggest Political Hacks We Have In Washington." (CNN's "Inside Politics," 3/3/05) Reid Was In Superminority Twice In Voting Against Greenspan: In 2000, Reid Was One Of Only Four Senators To Vote Against Greenspan's Nomination. Only Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Tom Harkin (D-IA), and the late Paul Wellstone (D-MN) also voted against the Greenspan nomination. (Greenspan Nomination, CQ Vote #6: Confirmed 89-4: R 50-0; D 39-4,...

DLC Leadership Attacks Michael Moore/MoveOn.Org Democrat Party Base:DLC CEO Al From: "You've Got To Reject Michael Moore And The MoveOn Crowd." (NBC?s "First Read," 3/1/05)"Rank-And-File Democrats 'Are More Like Us Than MoveOn,' Which [Al] From Called A Group Of 'Elites, People Who Sit In Their Basements All The Time And Play On Their Computers.'" (NBC?s "First Read," 3/1/05)MoveOn.Org Lashes Out Against DLC's Relevance:MoveOn.Org's Washington Director Tom Matzzie: "The Candidates Want Nothing To Do With The DLC, It's So Out Of Vogue." (Adam C. Smith, "Unshaven, Unbowed And In Our Face," St. Petersburg Times, 2/18/05)Matzzie: "If The DLC Disappeared From The...