About 30 Washington insiders, many of them lobbyists, meet every other week in the downtown law offices of Hogan & Hartson to plot strategy with key Dean advisers. The group is getting bigger by the week....
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The trick for Dean is to rail against Washington in public and rally insiders behind the scenes, party strategists say.
"There's a danger some will call it hypocritical . . . or some of his original Internet warriors won't understand he needs to consort with those they feel are the enemy," said Democratic strategist Jenny Backus.
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