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The original " - gate " was Watergate , named for an office building in which the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee was located . " Officials of the Democratic National Committee helped a foreign businessman closely tied to Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha attend a White House holiday dinner with President Clinton last year , a few months after he contributed $ 460,000 to a voter registration group that won support from the DNC . And as much as I tried to impart the partisan aspect of redistricting , even those that chose to design districts on either the Democratic - - on the part of the Democratic party or the Republican party , they all , regardless , designed maps that were fair . Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani , who is now certainly the most senior Shiite cleric in both Iraq and Iran , who is of Iranian birth and early education , has embraced a democratic political creed that is anathema to the ruling mullahs of Tehran . When you look at the 7,382 state legislators , 189 are black women , " says Minyon Moore , a Washington , D.C. - based political strategist and public affairs consultant , and former COO of the Democratic National Committee . " Judge Thornburg addressed Dr. Weber 's testimony that District 12 was drawn on a predominantly racial , and not political , basis , because the District failed to include some Democratic precincts that had relatively low African-American populations . Just like the Democratic candidates who pulled their ads from the Daily Kos site . " Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani , who is now certainly the most senior Shiite cleric in both Iraq and Iran , who is of Iranian birth and early education , has embraced a democratic political creed that is anathema to the ruling mullahs of Tehran , " Gerecht argues . The Patriot Act , an anti-terrorism law critics say threatens Americans ’ civil liberties , and the war in Iraq are the main factors souring Arab-Americans on Bush , said Zogby , who is also a member of the Democratic National Committee .