Word: overspeak
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Colleagues dismissed Moynihan's blast as "overspeak," as one put it, but many Democratic leaders are admitting that their party needs intellectual refurbishing. In coming months, some of them will surely be competing with Moynihan for a voice in that undertaking. California's independent-minded Governor Jerry Brown, for example, has been keeping a low profile in Sacramento since dropping out of the presidential race last April, but he expects to play a major role in redefining what the Democrats stand for. Says Brown: "The party needs new direction and dimension, and I'll help give...