Question: Who described the person who started the current American Independent Institute in 2014 as "one of the most influential operatives in the Democratic Party"? 

<P0-S0> Don Bernard Kates Jr., (January 26, 1941 – November 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and research fellow with The Independent Institute in Oakland, California who focused on promoting gun rights. <P0-S1>  His scholarship and litigation played important parts in the modern renaissance of the Second Amendment. <P0-S2>  Additionally, Kates played a major role in bringing together scholars and opinion leaders. <P0-S3>  Along with Stephen Halbrook, Kates deserved the primary credit for making the Second Amendment scholarship an important topic of modern scholarly interest. <P0-S4>  His books include "Armed: New Perspectives On Gun Control", "Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out", "Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy", and "The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms and Violence" (with Gary Kleck). <P0-S5>  As a civil liberties lawyer he has been retained by the National Rifle Association to represent gun owners attacking the constitutionality of certain firearms laws. <P0-S6>  The "Washington Post" described Kates as the "Johnnie Cochran" of the pro-gun lobby, noting his polemical attacks on public-health research on firearms injuries and writing that Kates "has muddied the waters of truth so thoroughly that wading into them is a daunting task." <P0-S7>  Kates also wrote extensively on criminological issues related to firearms. <P0-S8>  Among his most influential policy articles is “Guns and Public Health: Epidemic of Violence or Pandemic of Propaganda?” <P0-S9>  which appeared in a symposium issue of the "Tennessee Law Review" in 1994. <P0-S10>  His 1983 article in the "Michigan Law Review" was the first time that a top-10 law journal published a detailed historical analysis of the original meaning of the Second Amendment. <SEP> <P1-S0> The American Independent Institute is a nonprofit organization which funds liberal investigative journalism efforts. <P1-S1>  According to the organization, its aim is to support journalism which exposes "the nexus of conservative power in Washington." <P1-S2>  The current institute, started by David Brock in 2014, is a relaunch of the former state-based digital news-gathering network known as the American Independent News Network. <SEP> <P2-S0> Edward Everett Cox (December 29, 1867 – April 1, 1931) was an American newspaper publisher who started Blackford County's first daily newspaper in Hartford City, Indiana. <P2-S1>  He is "considered one of the most influential forces in journalism" in Blackford County, and was a strong supporter of the Democratic Party. <P2-S2>  Serving as publisher and sometimes as editor of his newspaper, he also spent time as chairman of the eleventh congressional district, county chairman of the Democratic Party, member of the school board, and postmaster. <P2-S3>  His newspapers were a "voice" for the Democratic Party for nearly 40 years. <SEP> <P3-S0> David Brock (born November 2, 1962) is an American Neo-Liberal political operative, author, and commentator who founded the media watchdog group Media Matters for America. <P3-S1>  He has been described by "Time" as "one of the most influential operatives in the Democratic Party".