Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SUNDAY, May 6, 1990 TAG: 9005060266 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C6 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: Associated Press DATELINE: ATLANTA LENGTH: Short
Wilder said he traveled to a meeting in Atlanta to "show those who would care to see there isn't that opportunity to split us up or cause us to go one-on-one with one another," Wilder told reporters at a joint news conference prior to a dinner for Jackson's National Rainbow Coalition.
Wilder later addressed the group of more than 500 people gathered at a downtown Atlanta hotel.
Jackson, who invited Wilder to be part of the meeting, introduced him as a "very special guest," who has been a friend for nearly 30 years.
Many within the Democratic Party see the two as locked in a battle over how the party should proceed to become competitive again in presidential elections.
On Saturday night, Wilder discussed what he calls the "new mainstream, which brings people together. It doesn't pit them against each other."
by CNB