"Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack and Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana -- all potential candidates for the presidency -- will headline the event, sponsored by the Democratic Leadership Council.
The centrist-leaning group, which studies policy issues and messages more than getting involved in grass-roots organizing, helped propel Bill Clinton's presidential bid. Democrats consider the group a moderate voice of the party, and its members can provide an influential base of support in Democratic primaries.
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About 300 Democrats -- many of them elected officials -- from more than 40 states are expected to attend the DLC event.
They will hold group discussions on "Faith and Politics," "Progressive Family Values" and "Security" -- three messages the Republican Party controlled in the last presidential race."
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The DLC must be in heaven. Thought irrelevant less than a year ago, the leading '08 candidate is making a pilgrimage to their event to fawn over them. And I'm sure the DLC will fawn in return. Because the only way the DLC will ever become relevant again is by having the Democratic nominee carry its banner. It appears, unsurprisingly, that Clinton has thrown her lot in with them. The question therefore is, what are progressive and populist Democrats going to do about it.