Ten words to fix it all

Tom Vilsack's PAC has a new website up asking people to submit the ten words they think "define the Democratic message." I submitted my ten, but used only eight: "We are the party of the American Dream."

I really think communicating some form of that idea is the key. It's the message the modern Democratic Party was built on and the one we have failed to get across since Clinton left office. It's about the ability to bring positive change. It's a promise to every voter that we will personally make sure that tomorrow is better than today by improving national security, health care and education.

Of course, candidates will be running on ethics and all that for the next few years, but I wonder if that's really enough - voters tend to distrust politicians of all parties. We need something to set ourselves apart, and I think this is it.