Obama Administations triggers "New Democrat" Party   

The Hyde Park Declaration: A Statement of Principles and a
Policy Agenda for the 21st Century established August 1, 2000

Goal: to begin drafting a statement of New Democrat principles and a broad
national policy agenda for the next decade. This manifesto, The Hyde Park
Declaration, is the result of their work.

"The Hyde Park Declaration has a historic antecedent. At their 1990 annual meeting, held in New Orleans, DLC members -- chaired by then-Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas -- issued The New Orleans Declaration.

That statement of principles became the guiding philosophy of Clinton's 1992 run for the presidency and later that of his presidential administration. The New Orleans Declaration's call for a citizen-government relationship based on the values of opportunity, responsibility, and community subsequently became the main organizing principle of Third Way political movements in Britain and around the world." http://www.dlc.org/ndol_c...

"Because of the work done in New Orleans and the fact that the American people gave us a chance two years later to test it, we have proven that ideas matter, and that for the decade of the '90s our ideas were the right ones," President Clinton told the Hyde Park gathering. "They have put the Democratic Party at the vital center of American life."


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Hyde Park Declarations: As modernizers of the American progressive political tradition, we call for a new politics for the next decade to reflect new realities.

We believe that global markets demand global rules and institutions to ensure
fair competition and to provide checks and balances on private power.

We believe that a progressive tax system is the only fair way to pay for
government.

We believe in a new social compact that requires and rewards work in exchange
for public assistance and that ensures that no family with a full-time worker
will live in poverty.

We believe in shifting the focus of America's anti-poverty and social
insurance programs from transferring wealth to creating wealth.

We believe that the common civic ideals Americans share transcend group
differences and forge unity from diversity.

We believe that abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.

We believe in progressive internationalism -- the bold exercise of U.S.
leadership to foster peace, prosperity, and democracy.(note:
proposed U.S. Public Service Academy calls for study abroad service)

We believe that the United States must maintain a strong, technologically
superior defense to protect our interests and values.

Finally, we believe that American citizenship entails responsibilities as well
as rights, and we mean to ask our citizens to give something back to their
communities and their country.

(Note: Rahm Emanuel voted no on building fence along Mexican border, recommends
"Progressive Internationalism: globalize with US pre-eminence.((Aug 2000)),

In 2005 voted no on deterring arms transfer to China, voted no on reporting illegals who recieve hospital treatment which would make employers responsible for reimbursements.

CO-SPONSORED BILL WITH SENATOR MCCAIN: to legalize illegals in the country, teach them english, make them pay back taxes, other penalties, creating Incentives for illegals to come forward and forgo security background checks)


Goals for 2010

Boost investment in technology and lifelong learning. (Orwellian
Age?)

Pay down the national debt.

Increase the percentage of Americans owning capital assets (including homes)
from 50 percent to 75 percent.

Double the percentage of minority families owning homes.

Make access to the Internet as common as access to telephones.

Ensure that all students who make a "B" average or agree to serve their country
can afford to go to college.

Conclude a new round of trade liberalization under the auspices of the World
Trade Organization.

With research increasingly showing the critical nature of learning in the early
years, we should move toward universal access to pre-kindergarten education.
Make charter schools an option in every state and community.

Finish the job of welfare reform by moving all recipients who can work into jobs.
Cut the poverty rate in half.

Double child support collections and require every father who owes child
support to go to work to pay it off.

Cut the rate of out-of-wedlock births in half. Recruit a million mentors for
disadvantaged children without two parents. Provide affordable after-school
programs at every public school. Make every workplace "family-friendly."

Promote policies that help parents shield their children from violence and sex
in entertainment products. Promote character education in all public schools.

Create a system of reliable HMO "report cards" on the quality of care delivered
by health plans and providers.

Make it possible for citizens to conduct all business with government online.
Create a chief information officer to drive the digitization of the federal
government.Require public agencies to measure results and publish information
on performance. Consolidate narrow federal-state grants into broad
performance-based grants that offer greater flexibility in return for greater
accountability for results.

Ban racial profiling by police but encourage criminal targeting through better
information on actual suspects.

Build a Public Consensus Supporting U.S. Global Leadership

The United States must speed up the "revolution in military affairs" that uses our technological advantage to project force in many different contingencies..This also means undertaking a systematic overhaul of the military to create a force that is more flexible, integrated, and efficient.

Key Signatories of Declaration:

Janet Napolitano, former Attorney General, Arizona
(now Department of Homeland Security in Obama Administration)

Kathleen Sebelius, former State Insurance Commissioner, Kansas
(now Health and Human Services in Obama Administration)

Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack, former governor of Iowa
(now Department of Agriculture in Obama Administration)