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Party chair's left jabs put Cantwell on the defensive
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie May 11, 2006 06:48pm |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Times |
| News Date | Friday, May 12, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When Dwight Pelz was elected chairman of the Washington State Democrats, he promised to reach out to moderate and rural Democrats all across the state. It didn't take long for him to revert to form — a reflexive liberal playing to a narrow Seattle base.
Pelz is living proof Democrats love to eat their young — or at least work against their own candidates. Pelz last week did a disservice to U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and the moderate wing of the party by effectively challenging her Democratic bona fides.
"Definitely right now there are a lot of activists who are not signing up to work on her campaign and that's very clear," Pelz said last week, explaining that her position on the Iraq war is making it difficult to recruit volunteers to support her.
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