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Why the Democrats' Left Wing Is Muted

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Why the Democrats' Left Wing Is Muted
By ADAM NAGOURNEY

Published: May 29, 2004

ASHINGTON, May 28 - Senator John Kerry found himself on familiar ground when he talked about Iraq in a speech on Wednesday: out of step with much of his own party. Once again, Republicans and even some Democrats said, Mr. Kerry appeared on the verge of squabbling with the antiwar base of his party.

But that has not happened, even in a week in which Mr. Kerry rejected calls from the antiwar Democrats to set a deadline for the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq. If anything, Democrats have grown more enthusiastic in rallying around Mr. Kerry, dismissing as inconsequential their differences with him on this presumably central issue.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/29/politics/campaign/29dems.html

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