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Dick Gephardt's future-of-the-Democrats speech at Harvard was Issue 3. The Democratic pundits sparred over Gephardt's intention: Al Hunt ( Capital Gang ) said Gephardt was energizing the liberals for the 1998 contests.
He sparred with me about what the Dictionary would be good for and called me a Yankee again.