The New Democractic Party

What will it take for the Democrats to win? The Democrats are the party of moral values--they just need to show it. The Democrats need to show that their issues are moral issues. Increasing funding for education, providing better medical coverage are moral issues. Should we help pay for kids to go to school? Should we help the poor get better doctors? If the Democrats lost because of a perceived lost of morality, it is not because they lack it, but because they failed to convince red state Americans that banning abortion is not the only moral issue in this country. Democrats are pro-life--pro giving poor children a chance at life. That is the what the Democrats need to do: frame the debate in terms of morality--and show that they, that we, are moral too.

The First One

This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. I just read a little bit in the biography of John Adams. I think he is a lot like me: self doubting, but strangely confident in his ability and purpose. The book made me want to start journaling my thoughts and emotions. Will anyone read it? That is a kind of scary thought? In fact, very scary.