New Democrats Agenda The New Democrat Network nails it: "We believe that the single greatest task facing Democrats today is not to argue among ourselves, or scream loudly at our opposition, but to bear down and work together to offer a new, optimistic, clear, achievable governing agenda that strongly reaffirms the common purpose of progressive politics and brings along Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans in a sustaining majority coalition committed to ensuring that the world we are leaving for our children is a better one than what has been left for us." Bipartisan Thinking on Regional Development The Southern Growth Policies Board, based in North Carolina, has played a crucial role in regional development over the past three decades. Southern Growth is a bipartisan entity funded by Southern states and has been chaired by Governors from each side of the political divide (including Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and other luminaries from the Democrats and the Republicans). Southern Growth's latest annual report, Reinventing the Wheel, presents "a new model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities from globalization and new economic forces to large-scale demographic changes." Nurturing Public Servants The John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development is a Congressional agency that was established upon the retirement of Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis, who served in the Senate for 42 years as a Democrat. The Stennis Center's bipartisan mandate is to attract young people to careers in public service, to provide training for leaders in or likely to be in public service, and to offer development opportunities for senior congressional staff. Products of the Stennis Center include conferences, seminars, special projects, and leadership development programs. Go (Blue) Dawgs The Blue Dog Coalition has built a reputation as a serious player in the policy arena, promoting positions which bridge the gap between ideological extremes. Many of the group's policy proposals have been praised as fair, responsible, and positive additions to a Congressional environment too often marked as partisan and antagonistic. The conservative and moderate Democrats in the group hail from every region of the country, although the group acknowledges some southern ancestry which accounts for the group's nickname. Taken from the South's longtime description of a party loyalist as one who would vote for a yellow dog if it were on the ballot as a Democrat, the "Blue Dog" moniker was taken by members of The Coalition because their moderate-to-conservative-views had been "choked blue" by their party. |
The Democratic Donkey The Democratic Donkey mascot dates back to 1828 and one of our best Southern Democratic Presidents, Tenneessee's own Andrew Jackson. His opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. |
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Common Sense Solutions for a Better South More Jobs. Better Schools. Stronger Military. |
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The Democratic Donkey The Democratic Donkey mascot dates back to 1828 and one of our best Southern Democratic Presidents, Tenneessee's own Andrew Jackson. His opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. |
We are Southern Democrats who believe in increasing jobs, improving schools and strengthening the military of our country. We support common sense solutions for a better South and a better America. That's where most Americans stand, as well. We send our elected officials to vote the interests of our Southern communities and states, not to vote for special interests and a narrow party line. The upside of that philosophy is that different representatives might have some different ideas based on the needs and interests of their home districts and states. We encourage you to check out the ideas of your local Southern Democratic representatives and candidates. Check out some of the links featured in the center of this page to learn more about the platform and policies of Southern Democrats. We don't endorse or sponsor any of the links, but they give you a good sampler of the common sense thinking of Southern Democrats. |
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New Democrats Agenda The New Democrat Network nails it: "We believe that the single greatest task facing Democrats today is not to argue among ourselves, or scream loudly at our opposition, but to bear down and work together to offer a new, optimistic, clear, achievable governing agenda that strongly reaffirms the common purpose of progressive politics and brings along Democrats, independents and disaffected Republicans in a sustaining majority coalition committed to ensuring that the world we are leaving for our children is a better one than what has been left for us." Bipartisan Thinking on Regional Development The Southern Growth Policies Board, based in North Carolina, has played a crucial role in regional development over the past three decades. Southern Growth is a bipartisan entity funded by Southern states and has been chaired by Governors from each side of the political divide (including Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and other luminaries from the Democrats and the Republicans). Southern Growth's latest annual report, Reinventing the Wheel, presents "a new model of leadership to strengthen the South's capacity to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities from globalization and new economic forces to large-scale demographic changes." Nurturing Public Servants The John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development is a Congressional agency that was established upon the retirement of Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis, who served in the Senate for 42 years as a Democrat. The Stennis Center's bipartisan mandate is to attract young people to careers in public service, to provide training for leaders in or likely to be in public service, and to offer development opportunities for senior congressional staff. Products of the Stennis Center include conferences, seminars, special projects, and leadership development programs. Go (Blue) Dawgs The Blue Dog Coalition has built a reputation as a serious player in the policy arena, promoting positions which bridge the gap between ideological extremes. Many of the group's policy proposals have been praised as fair, responsible, and positive additions to a Congressional environment too often marked as partisan and antagonistic. The conservative and moderate Democrats in the group hail from every region of the country, although the group acknowledges some southern ancestry which accounts for the group's nickname. Taken from the South's longtime description of a party loyalist as one who would vote for a yellow dog if it were on the ballot as a Democrat, the "Blue Dog" moniker was taken by members of The Coalition because their moderate-to-conservative-views had been "choked blue" by their party. |
