Who are we? What is a Democrat? If you ask ten people, you are likely to get ten different answers.
It was during Franklin Roosevelt's first term that American humorist Will Rogers is said to have joked: "I am a member of no organized political party-I am a Democrat."
In spite of Will Rogers' joke, the Democratic Party has a basic set of beliefs shaped by our values. A good read - and an excellent blueprint for defining who we are and what we stand for.
"We have a vision of a Texas where opportunity knows no race, no gender, no color - a glimpse of what can happen in government if we simply open the doors and let the people in." Governor Ann Richards, Inaugural address, 1991 More »