John Podesta
Podesta Says It's Too Late For Gore, Getting Late for Obama
Is it too late for Al Gore to get in the race?
John Podesta thinks so.
"Yeah," said Podesta, when I caught up with him yesterday at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in midtown. "I don't think he wants to."
At last year's conference, the speculation surrounding Gore's potential bid was very much a running theme.
Podesta, president of the Center for American Progress, former Clinton chief of staff and current Hillary Clinton supporter, said that the enthusiasm for a Gore candidacy had diminished compared to last year, but he also figured that was probably something Gore wanted.
"I think it's changed, but I think he wanted it to change," said Podesta. "He is just going way deep on this one issue. And I think that's what he wanted to do."
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Spitzer's Think Tank
In his column on Spitzer's ideology today, Ben makes mention of Spitzer's short romance with the idea of a New York chapter of the Democratic Leadership Council. When Ben asked him about the resolutely centrist DLC, Spitzer seemed to distance himself from the Al From crowd: "I don't know what they're doing these days."
But Spitzer is not as averse to all Washington think tanks, and has even raided one of them for his campaign.
Drew Worshaw, 25, worked at the Center For American Progress ("Progressive Ideas for a Strong, Just and Free America") before joining the Spitzer campaign as a junior policy advisor. At the CAP, Worshaw helped get the foundation off its feet as assistant to Sarah Wartell, who is basically the center's second-in-command under John Podesta. read more »
According to Erin Green, a current CAP staffer, Worshaw "is passionate about campaign finance reform." And after the campaign is over, she said, she could "see him working in the administration."
-- Jason HorowitzTime Warner Dispatch
Murdoch will be there too, of course. And the main underwriter, again, is Tom Golisano, incongruously seated front and center between his wife and Democratic partisan warrior John Podesta.
