David Brock working on new book and advising Democrats

Brock has attracted the friendship of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and admiring words from onetime target Bill Clinton since last year's release of his confessional memoir, "Blinded by the Right." Now he's hard at work on "The Republican Noise Machine," for which Crown has paid a mid-six-figure advance. We're told that the book, a history of conservative media dominance, will include Brock's ideas for how the Democrats can reclaim the bully pulpit and win the 2004 election.