Checking In With The Chair
August 2008 - By Chair, Keith Clock
DNC Platform, Built from the Ground, UpThis past month, Sen. Obama and the DNC again demonstrated their belief that the Democratic Party should function from the ground-up. This time the process of how our national party platform is drafted was overhauled by holding local platform meetings nationwide. The meetings are part of Listening to America, a new initiative announced by the Obama campaign and the DNC to elicit supporters’ input for the Democratic Party platform. In the past, the platform was drafted by holding hearings among party officials and interest groups. This year the platform process was turned upside down. Over 1,300 meetings were held nationwide in living rooms, barns and libraries. At each of these platform meetings, attendees discussed issues important to them that should be included in the national platform. The final product from these platform meetings were then submitted by the meeting moderators and hosts to the DNC platform committee team. The committee's final product will be submitted to the Democratic National Convention in Denver scheduled for later this month.
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