AS reported in the news...
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has reached out to the Demo-
cratic national chairman after rebuking him for not stopping at-
tacks by his Democratic rivals. At the same time, those rivals have called Mr. Dean's complaints so much whining, the New York Times reported yesterday.
The flap started Sunday when Mr. Dean publicly knocked DNC chief Terry McAuliffe for failing to tone down criticism from other Democratic presidential hopefuls. On Monday, Mr. Dean phoned Mr. McAuliffe for a "talk," presumably to reconcile ? but details were not revealed, United Press International reports.
The same day, Mr. Dean's opponents simply turned up the heat with even more vigorous criticisms. "What does Howard do now that he is being substantively challenged about his policies and his judgments and various misstatements and retractions?" Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman asked. "He goes to the Demo-
cratic Party leadership and complains we're being mean to him."
Missouri Rep. Richard A. Gephardt agreed. "I didn't scream and yell and say, 'Terry McAuliffe has to save me from these dis-cussions.' That's what you do in elections," Mr. Gephardt said.
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