Reply #121: I don't know, maybe the DLC itself...

[Solon]

In 1992, a party sick of losing was ready to turn away from time-honored stances in favor of nostrums with more mainstream appeal. After last year's loss with the overly tactical John Kerry, however, the Democratic left now seems convinced that full-throated liberalism is the proper political prescription. Howard Dean, the personification of that idea, is now the Democratic National Committee chairman, and if an anti-Bush backlash leads to significant Democratic gains in the 2006 midterms, Dean and his followers will no doubt adduce that as evidence that their way marks the path to victory.

Emphasis mine.

Source:
http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=253553&kaid=85&subid=65