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To: gao seng who wrote (201517)	11/8/2001 10:23:13 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Ginseng: Did you catch the latest Enron update in the WSJ today? "Enron disclosed that it reduced previously reported net over the last four years by $586 million, or 20%, mostly due to improperly accounting for its dealings with partnerships run by some company officers." Another sterling example of Big Business working to improve shareholder value. Repugs may want to take a hiatus in their call to "run government like a business." Heck, even Bill "Outrage" O'Reilly tonight seemed to be siding with the Democrats on airport security! Said we ought to let the government run the program for two years and then assess whether or not that's the right approach!

To: gao seng who wrote (201517)	11/8/2001 10:49:38 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well I guess we may be wrong about the democrats engaging in class warfare. That account LOL sounded like classless warfare dem dems were engaged in. more on the whine while we dine crew. Dems Blame Consultants for NYC Loss WASHINGTON –– Stunned by the loss of the New York mayor's race, Democrats are bickering over the roles of party consultants who switched sides to work for billionaire Republican Michael Bloomberg's come-from-behind campaign. Pollster Doug Schoen and media consultant Bill Knapp have worked for the Democratic National Committee but were on the Bloomberg campaign's payroll. "I am very upset about Democratic consultants who have made all their money representing Democrats – made a fortune representing Democrats – and then turn around and represent Republicans and attack our Democratic candidates," said Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. McAuliffe was particularly angry about advertising that criticized Democratic mayoral candidate Mark Green. He said, "If I have anything to say about it, people who partake in those activities will no longer get business with this committee." But Jim Jordan, the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said Thursday that he would still work with Knapp. He said Knapp and Knapp's partner, Anita Dunn, "are good friends personally and are good and loyal and long-standing friends to this committee." Knapp worked for Al Gore's presidential campaign and Dunn for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D. They are partners in the firm Squier Knapp Dunn. "They are, in fact, owed a fair share of credit for our Democratic majority in the Senate, and we'll continue to work closely with the firm throughout this cycle," Jordan said. Knapp was among Democratic consultants who worked for the campaign of Democrat-turned-Republican Bloomberg. Among the others: David Garth, who had worked on former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's failed 1994 re-election bid, and William Cunningham, a veteran adviser to former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Schoen is a partner in the firm Penn Schoen and Berland. Mark Penn is a longtime pollster for Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who played a key role in getting the polling firm work with the DNC. Sen. Clinton's office had no comment. But one of her campaign advisers, former White House aide Harold Ickes, said, "I don't think the party should engage political consultants who work both sides of the street." Neither Schoen nor Knapp returned phone calls seeking comment Thursday. The finger-pointing came as Democrats tried to figure out how they could lose New York City, where Democrats hold a 5-1 enrollment edge over Republicans, but win governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia, the latter a state where Republicans had held the governor's job for eight years. Green at one point held a double-digit lead over Bloomberg in polls. But Bloomberg was helped at the end by outgoing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's endorsement and by heavy spending on ads. Green has been criticized for what some said was a racially divisive primary race against Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer. The ad that upset McAuliffe featured quotes from Democrats suggesting they left the Green camp because of his behavior in the primary. Bloomberg, who founded the financial news company that bears his name, spent some $50 million of his own money during the campaign. It's unclear how much Knapp's or Schoen's firms were paid. washingtonpost.com tom watson tosiwmee