from took me under his wing and deck gephardt was a member of the committee on party effectiveness, les aspen was a member, tim worth was a member, i could go on, names that you all know, norm dicks, it was an extraordinary group. i was proud to be added to that rank. a few years went by, one of the things we talked about in the committee of party effectiveness was that too many democrats thought that we democrats had lost touch with, people work not representing their values or vision. of what our country ought to be and what this party ought to be about this young man, al from, who i had known at that point in time for over a decade decided that we would start an organization that would represent the mainstream of our party and the mainstream thinking in america about how we got from where we were to where we needed to be. al from was an example that ideas make a difference. ideas make an impact. ideas can change a state, a community, a congress, a country. but you need somebody to spark those ideas to organize those with ideas, and to marshal those ideas. john kennedy once said that winsto