Original sentence: Bush and DLC activist Vice-President Al Gore.Critics believe DLC-supported measures, such as the Welfare Reform Act, have had the effect of alienating the traditional constituencies of the Democratic Party such as labor, minorities, and the poor, and causing a reduction in Democratic voter turnout.Early front-runner Howard Dean, despite his reputation as a centrist governor of Vermont, was specifically criticized by DLC founder and CEO Al From.In October 2002, From and the DLC mentioned only in passing the plane crash that killed Senator Paul Wellstone, of Minnesota.Some contend that the 2000 presidential campaign was so close because voters could discern no significant policy difference between Governor George W.The DLC has been called the "Democratic Leisure Council" by the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Governor Mario Cuomo.The DLC's affiliated think tank is the Progressive Policy Institute, funded by the Third Way Foundation.Wellstone's proclamation, later used by Dean, calling himself "from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" has been interpreted by some as subtle criticism of the DLC and New Democrats in general
Edited sentence: At the heart of the DLC's credo are three principles: promoting opportunity for all; demanding responsibility from everyone; and fostering a new sense of community.Early front-runner Howard Dean, was specifically criticized by DLC founder and CEO Al From.Since its inception, the DLC has championed policies from spurring private sector economic growth, fiscal discipline and community policing to work-based welfare reform, expanded international trade, and national service.The DLC's Blueprint Magazine.The DLC's affiliated think tank is the Progressive Policy Institute which is funded by the Third Way Foundation.Throughout the 90's, innovative, New Democrat policies implemented by former DLC Chairman President Bill Clinton helped to produce the longest period of sustained economic growth in our history, the lowest unemployment in a generation, 22 million new jobs; and helped to cut the welfare rolls in half, reduce the crime rate for seven straight years, balance the budget and streamline the federal bureaucracy to its smallest size since the Kennedy administration