Milken Global Conference last night...Howard Dean, Ralph Reed,et al

[madfloridian]

I will bet this was great. I guess if you use the words Howard Dean and Ralph Reed in the same sentence, it is ok to call Dean representing the left. I doubt Bill Richardson would be considered really left either under normal circumstances.
Ironically, Dean has patterned DFA after Ralph Reed's organization to inspire the grassroots.

http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&level1=program&level2=agenda&EvID=367

Tuesday, April 27, 2004
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Dinner Panel - A Debate on America’s Future
General session
Sponsored by BNP Paribas

Speakers:
Howard Dean, Former Democratic Presidential Candidate; former Governor of Vermont; Founder, Democracy for America
Paul Gigot, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Ralph Reed, President, Century Strategies; former Executive Director, Christian Coalition
Bill Richardson, Governor, New Mexico; former U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Moderator:
Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, and anchor Face the Nation, CBS News
Summary:
This evening’s dinner panel discussion will be a lively debate on America’s future with some of the leading figures on both the left and right of the political spectrum. What is the United States' place in the world? What are the most important issues? Are we headed in the right direction? Joining us on the left are former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, recent candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. who served in the Clinton administration. On the right are Ralph Reed, former Executive Director of Christian Coalition and one of the Republican Party's leading strategists, and Paul Gigot, Editorial Page Editor of the award-winning Wall Street Journal.

Dean's biography at that page:
http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf?function=show&cat=allconf&EventID=GC04&SPID=1320&level1=speakers&level2=bio&ID=128
Former Democratic Presidential Candidate; former Governor of Vermont; Founder, Democracy for America

SNIP..."In an effort to keep ordinary people involved in politics, Dean went on to form the political organization Democracy for America, built upon the base of support garnered during his campaign."