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Democrats who had hoped to use Monday’s congressional testimony as an indictment of the war in Iraq found themselves on the defensive over an ad impugning a respected American general. MoveOn.org, a liberal advocacy group that has become increasingly influential within the Democratic Party, ran a full-page ad in Monday’s New York Times that pre-emptively dismissed testimony delivered later in the day by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. “General Petraeus is likely to become General Betray Us,” said the ad, which accused him of “cooking the books for the White House.” Petraeus insisted he wrote his...

Frigid temperatures and snow-covered sidewalks didn't deter 2,600 fans of Al Gore, whose noontime environmental speech Thursday drew an assortment of like-minded liberals to the city's Beacon Theatre. Nearly two hours before Gore took to the stage to deliver a policy address on global warming, loyal fans were cramming themselves into the theatre's small entrance. They were buzzing with excitement. For passersby who didn't know Gore was about to deliver his third address to the MoveOn.org faithful, they might have mistaken the gathering at the Manhattan theatre for a rock concert. Dana Rae Warren came from Maine by car and...