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“Democrats Serve Up Clinton-Style Centrism at Retreat”

Yes, they’re looking to fool the electorate into voting for them again

Sequestered in a gated resort, House Democrats are considering the direction their caucus will take on issues including the minimum wage, global warming and Iraq.

At the start of their retreat at Kingsmill Resort & Spa, a posh hotel operated by a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., a number of House moderates invoked the memory of Clinton’s centrist dealmaking and said they hoped his keynote address would help to move Democrats to the middle on a range of issues.

“A lot of things Bill Clinton did that were centrist could be examples for this Congress,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas.

The party of the people, hard at work. At a spa.

— The Ace

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