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That they're not talking about Rank & File FBI agents?

Capitol Hill Democrats may be saying that the chairman of the Democratic National Committee doesn't speak for them, but Democratic activists and rank-and-file members outside the Beltway say they are happy with Dean's no-nonsense approach. "People outside Washington, D.C., love Howard Dean. He raises money for state parties, he sends money to state parties and he's attacking Republicans. That's what the chair of the party is," said Bob Mulholland (search), a campaign adviser to the California Democratic Party and one of the DNC members who in February voted for the former Vermont governor and 2004 presidential hopeful to become chairman....

Some organized labor groups recently decided that the retirement security of their members was less important than their own short-term political goals. The AFL-CIO and some of its member unions declared that investment managers for their retirement funds should be chosen based on their position on Social Security reform, not on what is best for current and future retirees. Labor is signaling that it would rather employ a bad fund manager (if he agrees with it politically) than a good funds manager (if he does not). If this happens, it’ll be union members and retirees who lose, not the AFL-CIO...