Editor's Note: This weekend in Columbus, Ohio, hundreds of well-known and up-and-coming New Democrat leaders gathered for the DLC's National Conversation. The following is a partial list of the press coverage of this event. Please check back as we will update this page as more stories come in.

Democrats Offer Lines of Attack for '08 Race
By Raymond Hernandez
The New York Times

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- In the wake of terrorist attacks abroad, a procession of potential Democratic presidential candidates raised sharp questions on Monday about the Republican leadership's handling of national security.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/
politics/26candidates.html

Sen. Clinton Calls for Party Truce, United Front
Prospective '08 Candidates Say Democrats Must Do More Than Oppose Bush Policies
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) called Monday for a cease-fire among warring factions of the Democratic Party, arguing that a united front is needed to reverse the party's recent electoral defeats and halt the advance of conservative Republican ideology.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2005/07/25/AR2005072501395.html

Clinton's New Job: Defining the Center
Party moderates pick the New York senator to draft a plan to craft the Democrats' agenda.
By Ronald Brownstein
Los Angeles Times

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Democratic Leadership Council, an organization of influential party moderates, on Monday named Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to direct a new initiative to define a party agenda for the 2006 and 2008 elections.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/
la-na-dlc26jul26,1,7724361.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

In Ohio, Sen. Clinton calls on Democrats to close internal rift
Accepts position in centrist group
By Rick Klein
Boston Globe

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With a moderate message and a call for a ''cease-fire" between the Democratic Party's liberal and moderate factions, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted a new leadership post yesterday with the Democratic Leadership Council, the centrist group that helped propel her husband to the presidency in 1992.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/
washington/articles/2005/07/26/
in_ohio_sen_clinton_calls_on_democrats_to_close_internal_rift/

Hill rips GOP, then swings to the center
BY Kenneth R. Bazinet
New York Daily News

WASHINGTON -- Stealing another page from Bubba's winning blueprint, Hillary Clinton hammered Republicans yesterday for building "a tunnel back to the 19th century" - then again pirouetted to the middle by accepting a leading role with centrist Democrats.

http://www.nydailynews.com/07-26-2005/
news/wn_report/story/331560p-283341c.html

Hillary's Battle Cry To Her Fellow Dems
By Ian Bishop
New York Post

July 26, 2005 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton slammed Republicans for pushing the country "off track" while urging Democrats in Ohio yesterday to circle the wagons and stand strong on national security -- tactics that could help her win the White House.

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/50793.htm

Clinton's speech wins over delegates
3 potential rivals for 2008 nomination also impress crowd
Mark Niquette and Joe Hallett
The Columbus Dispatch Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech yesterday to the Democratic Leadership Council drew rave reviews from delegates -- one said she has "sex appeal" -- but most aren't yet naming a choice for president in 2008.

http://www.dispatch.com/national-story.php
?story=dispatch/2005/07/26/20050726-A5-00.html

Vilsack: Democrats must focus on unifying
By Thomas Beaumont
Des Moines Register

Columbus, Ohio -- Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, in his first speech as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, challenged his party Monday to channel its frustration over the party's election failures into productivity.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20050726/NEWS09/507260408/1056

Bayh is seen as a uniting force
Hillary Clinton continues to draw plenty of attention at Leadership Council.
By Maureen Groppe
Indy Star

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sen. Evan Bayh's top selling point as a potential Democratic presidential candidate is his image as a centrist. But a national gathering of activists from the party's moderate wing -- at which Bayh, of Indiana, and three other potential 2008 candidates spoke -- shows he will have competition. The biggest challenge could come from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, despite her national image as a liberal.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20050726/NEWS02/507260446/1006/NEWS01

Centrist Dems Urge Party to Be 'For Something'
FOX News

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- If the Democratic Leadership Council has anything to say about it, the Democratic Party will reach out more to voters in the center of political America.

"We've got to be for something, and it is pretty clear that America is waiting for us. They are desperate to know what we are for," Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (search) told those attending the group's conference on Monday. "It worked in 1992 for Bill Clinton, who was chairman of the DLC before he ran for president. It worked in 1996 for Bill Clinton."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163619,00.html