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'ortland Press Herald Wednesday January 19 2005 NATION REPRINT PERMISSION PHOTO PURCHASES LIBRARY SERVICES Permission to reproduce or republish articles 791 6392 Reprints of staff photos: 791 6205 or repnnts(apressheraldcom ee based research on local topics: 791 6393 (1 to 4 pm) Tuesday Thursday) or mail librarypressheraldcom or write to Reader Services PO Box 1460 Port land ME 04104 MAINETODAYCOM Check MameTodaycom at noon and 4 pm every weekday for local news updates ITS SO COLD It's so cold that? Tell us how coping at MaineTodaycom: wwwmainetodaycom PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (USPS 439 300) is published daily except Sunday Press Herald home delivery to Cumber land York Lincoln Knox and Sagadahoc counties 1 or subscriptions pricing contact Customer Service 1 800 894 0031 Published by Blethen Maine Newspapers 390 Congress St Portland ME 04101 Second class postage paid at Portland ME POSTMASTER: Please send address Changes to Portland Press Herald PO Box 1460 Portland ME 04101 All unsolicited articles manuscripts let ters and pictures are sent at the owner's risk and will be returned if a postage paid envelope Is enclosed IN OCUS: THE DEMOCRATIC UTURE rustrated congressional Democrats seek new strategy Some advocate a move to the center Others want to sharply differentiate themselves from the GOP Knight Ridder Newspapers WASHINGTON As congres sional Democrats prepare to watch President Bush take the oath of office Thursday many within the party are growing frustrated at the lack of a clear Democratic strategy for dealing with a president who they believe is not particularly popular despite his re election most important is that Democrats need an agenda of their said Doug Schoen a former adviser to President Clinton who advocates a move to the middle sense that they have one I sense a party that is Matt Bennett a founder of Third Way created to push Dem ocratic senators toward the cen ter has a similar message we believe strongly is you fight something with Bennett said now seen as the party of the status quo defenders of the status quo and tinkerers why in the Still shell shocked from election results many Democrats say their party must move to the middle and others believe Democrats must stand for more than watered down Republican ideals 4 rn" nr The Associated Press Chief Justice Joseph Albright left swears in West Virginia Gov Joe Manchin on Monday in Charleston The Democrat opposes abortion gun control and gay marriage "People are going to evaluate you as a person and what counts he said Some Democrats see red A move to the center is the cure for a party adrift they say Portland Pre Jerald unbatj (Telegram 390 Congress St Portland ME 04101 5009 Please specify person ordepartment Telephone: (207) 791 6650 Toll free: 1 800 442 6036 Online: wwwpressheraldcom OUR MISSION STATEMENT We are Maine's must read a daily news report that is accurate fair timely and compelling and that reflects the communities we serve We are committed to defending the irst Amendment and the nght to know to fulfilling our leadership role and to providing a forum for ideas TO SUBSCRIBE OR TO REACH CUSTOMER SERVICE Call 791 6000 toll free 1 800 894 0031 (TDD for the deaf 791 6001) Circulation office hours Monday riday 6 am 5 pm weekends and holidays 6 am ll am mail: circulationpressheraldcom TO PLACE AN AD Classified (24 hours a day 7 days a week): 791 6100:1 800 894 0041 Display advertising: 791 6200 1 888 246 5156 TO REACH AN EDITOR Editor Jeannine Guttman 791 6310 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cuts for businesses last week Republican state Senate Presi dent Ken Bennett joked checking to see if she has re registered as a Republican not a laughing matter in Washington where some cratic governors consider them selves the future of a party adrift a party with two consecutive presidential defeats dwindling minorities in Congress and uneven Washington Thtjy say a key to their success is convincing voters through their policies and personalities that they are of Democrats in middle America must be viewed as part of a cultural fabric clearly dis tinguishable from the national party in Washington are a few Democrats you know who they are Teddy Kennedy and Hillary Clinton who Republicans like to tie Democratic leaders are fighting efforts to push the party to the middle The source of Oklaho man concern Sen Edward Kennedy of setts argued in a speech last week that Democrats suc ceed pale colors and timid In another slap at moderates former presidential candidate Howard Dean called talk of val ues code word for appease ment of the right wing Not so say the governors They argue that there are smarter ways to handle the val ues debate than the left wing a phrase used by one governor who asked not to be identified Their strategy: Adopt the GOP position on social issues whenever possible Expand the term to include education health care and other traditionally Demo cratic issues along with a candi own biography and charac ter traits Brian Schweitzer the new gov ernor of Montana supports abor tion rights But he is also an avid hunter who fits comfortably into the culture a Democrat in Montana the only kind of gun control you support is this one: You control your gun and con trol Schweitzer said rom the way he greets people you to his background (a farmer rancher find grandson of Mon tana homesteaders) Schweitzer casts himself as a close to the ground populist who shares the values of voters led with my heart not with my Schweitzer said we talked about values we talked about rebuilding fami lies in do you rebuild families? We make health care affordable How do we rebuild families? We make it so their children can find jobs and raise their grandchil dren in Montana How do we do that? We start by rebuilding the education Gov Joe Manchin of West Vir ginia opposes abortion gun con trol and gay marriage But he says those aren't the only values that matter are going to evaluate you as a person and what said Manchin who became governor this week Tbe Associated Press Sen John Kerry Mass addresses a crowd at a campaign stop in Washington DC last April A New England sophisticate he struggled to connect with voters LOSING VALUABLE TIME? Some of the debate may be resolved by the party chairman race with ex presidential hopeful and Vermont Gov Howard Dean drawing both strong support and fierce opposition Meanwhile many Democrats fear they are losing valuable time In the Senate Assistant Minor ity Leader Sen Dick Durbin 111 said the goal for Democrats is to get a seat at the table in order to influence legislation cooperating where they can and opposing when they must comes down to something really Durbin said long as we can keep 41 Demo cratic senators together we can have a voice in this because Senate parlia mentary rules require 60 votes out of the 100 senators to avoid the threat of stalling tactics before a bill can move forward If 41 senators object the result is legislative paralysis As a result members of the Senate minority have far greater power than minority Democrats in the House There the rules strictly favor the majority as long as the majority holds together House Democrats say their plan is to resist GOP proposals despite the likelihood of failure RESISTING REPUBLICAN CONTROL Republican strategy on the House side is totally parti said one senior Democratic aide just make their own proposals and stuff it down our throats So our strategy is to not' let them stuff it down our Many Democratic strategists however say their party must stand for more than just Stub Bill Brad Brian Schweitzer reudenthal Sebelius leadership in There are 12 Democratic governors serving in states that voted for President Bush in November The Associated Press TOPEKA Kansas The road out of the political wilderness if there is one for Democrats could wind through Kansas and 11 other Republican leaning states that are run by Democratic governors These are places where bipar tisanship and moderation reign liberal orthodoxies perish GOP ideas flourish and the politically charged buzzword means more than gays guns and God As President Bush is sworn in for a second term Thursday these Democratic governors are anything but blue Perhaps the virtue of necessity always start with the that if I get 100 percent of Democrats to vote for me I still lose big said Kansas Gov Kathleen Sebelius a Demo crat trying to squeeze her third year agenda through a legisla ture dominated 2 1 by Republicans never get the luxury of saying just mobilize my politi cal she said always look for ways to connect with peo ple other than through party Sebelius and 11 other Demo cratic governors have found ways to appeal to voters in states won by Bush Some practice down home populism Others craft no nonsense CEO images They push moderate Democratic poli cies or borrow GOP ideas and above all reject the partisanship of Washington cracked the code bom opposition But not easy Knowing how to beat Republi for the minority party to set the cans on their own turf Demo agenda or to pass ouis witnout controlling the legislative levers most common strategy is to wait and hope the other guy makes some mistakes and take advantage of said political science professor William Mayer at Northeastern University in Boston Still some Democrats on Capi tol Hill say they will never make gains waiting for Republicans to act or embracing GOP proposals as their own the face of their tactics we cannot move our party or our nation forward 1 under pale colors and timid voic said Sen Edward Kennedy Mass in a recent speech on the state of the party Women Ax rv A ahi 1 ria IxjmI nxv4 4 1 I Ml KL5 My ta 4 I Kim Clifford 791 6485 Natlonalworld news David McNabb 791 6340 Night editor John Richardson 791 6321 Online Scott Hersey 822 4061 Photography and graphics Andrea Nemitz 791 6440 Reader Services Community News Marcia MacVane 791 6318 Sports Dan Dinsmore 791 6410 York Coast news Ryan Blethen 791 6329 Newsroom fax 791 6920 mail: communitynewspressheraldcom All members of the staff can be con tacted via mail by forming one word with the employee's first initial and last name followed by "pressheraldcom" CORRECTIONS Almanac Today is Wednesday Jan 19 the 19th day of 2005 There are 346 days left in the year Highlight In History: ifty years ago on Jan 19 1955 a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time with the permission of President Eisen hower On this date: In 1736 James Watt inventor of the steam engine was born in Scotland In 1807 Robert Lee the commander in chief of the Confeder ate armies was bom in Stratford Va In 1809 author Edgar Allan Poe was boii in Boston in 1853 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "II Trovatore" premiered in Rome In 1861 Georgia seceded from the Union In 1944 the federal government relinquished control of the rail roads following settlement of a wage dispute In 1966 Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India In 1970 President Nixon nominated Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court however the nomination was defeated because of controversy over past racial views In 1977 in one of his last acts of office President ord pardoned Iva Toguri g'Aquino an American who'd made wartime broadcasts for Japan In 1981 the United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months birthdays Actress Jean Stapleton is 82 Actress Tippi Hedren is 75 ormer PBS news man Robert MacNeil is 74 Singer Phil Everly is 66 Country singer Dolly Par ton is 59 ABC newswoman Ann Compton is 58 Tennis player Stefan Edberg is 39 Rock singer Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) is 37 Singer Trey Lorenz is 36 Actor Shawn Wayans is 34 Actor Logan Lerman is 13 LOTTERIES TRI STATE LOTTERY (Maine New Hampshire Vermont) TUESDAY DRAWINGS EVENING Three digit number 7 2 7 our digit number: 9 1 7 DAY Three digit number: 8 9 8 our digit number 1 3 0 0 Heads or Tails: 2 6 12 26 30 (Heads) Megabucks jackpot for drawing tonight: $5 million Powerball jackpot for draw' ing tonight: $19 million MASSACHUSETTS TIKXniV hBlIMMCC Daily number: 2 9 7 1 Mass Cash: 14 20 28 32 33 Mega Millions: 10 23 28 39 51 Mega Ball: 5 Maine Lottery results: 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