“I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.”
– Will Rogers –
The 20th Century humorist’s declaration is as true today as it was a hundred years ago. In fact, it is the Democratic Party’s strength as a big tent party that is inclusive of all whether liberal, independent, or conservative. As a lifelong Democrat, I am both open enough to accept the new, yet pragmatic enough to avoid unnecessarily discarding the old, a venerated tradition of American democracy.