This article in tomorrow's edition of the New York Times illustrates one of the major failing of the Democratic party and their allies in Washington over the last thirty years - the failure to nurture their young.
Next Generation of Conservatives (By the Dormful)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/politics/14heritage.html
It describes the Heritage Foundation's summer internship program, and contrasts it with its liberal counterparts:
"It is an alternative with few rivals. The Brookings Institution, a centrist group more than 50 years older than Heritage, has no paid interns. Neither does the Progressive Policy Institute, which promotes a centrist version of liberalism. The Center on Budget and Policy Priority, a premier antipoverty group, has 10 paid interns. People for the American Way, a bulwark of Beltway liberalism, has 40 - but no dorm.
"There's no question that the right wing over the last 25 years did a much better job of creating a farm system," said Ralph G. Neas, the president of People for the American Way.
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