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    DLC | Blueprint Magazine April 23, 2007
    It's Time for an Ideas Primary
    By Harold Ford Jr.
    The coming eight months could determine who's in the White House for the next eight years. Voters need to know what they can expect of the next president. That's why we need an ideas debate.


    The Politico | Opinion April 19, 2007
    Candidates Need Big Ideas, Not Big Money
    By Harold Ford Jr. and Al From
    At the very time our country needs an ideas primary, we're having a big money primary instead.


    DLC | Statement April 12, 2007
    Statement from DLC Chair Harold Ford, Jr. Regarding Don Imus
    I don't want to be viewed as piling on right now because Don Imus is a good friend and a decent man. However, he did a reprehensible thing.


    The Austin American-Statesman | Article April 1, 2007
    Ford's Carrying Democrats' Message to Middle-of-the-Road Voters
    By Arnold Garcia Jr.
    Austin was one of the first stops on a long road Harold Ford Jr. has chosen to preach a gospel of ideas to fellow Democrats eager to retake the White House.


    DLC | Statement March 30, 2007
    Statement of DLC Chair Harold Ford Regarding Misrepresentation in a Washington Times Article
    The following is a statement from DLC Chair Harold Ford, Jr. Regarding a March 29, 2007 article in The Washington Times.


    Tennessean.com | Article March 29, 2007
    Ford Launches 'Primary of Ideas'
    By Bill Theobald
    Harold Ford Jr. lost his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee last fall, but he's not about to stop campaigning.


    DLC | New Dem Dispatch March 29, 2007
    Ford Announces "Ideas Primary"
    In his first address as chairman of the DLC, former Congressman Harold Ford challenged Democrats to renew their commitment to innovation and problem-solving, and announced that the DLC would promote an "Ideas Primary" through public forums and a new website.


    DLC | Event March 28, 2007
    Putting the "New" Back in New Democrat
    DLC Chair Harold Ford, Jr. and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley discussed what it means to be a New Democrat in the 21st century at a recent DLC event. Chairman Ford also used the event to announce the DLC's new Ideas Primary.


    DLC | Speech March 28, 2007
    Chairman's Corner: National Security
    In a major policy address to the DLC, Chair Harold Ford, Jr. discussed America's national security and the role Democrats must play in keeping our country safe.


    DLC | Speech March 28, 2007
    Remarks of Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. to the Democratic Leadership Council
    Today we say to campaigns in both parties, and to the press who cover them: The horserace, the money chase, and the in-your-face can wait. Let's turn the next year into the "ideas primary" instead.


    Chattanooga Times Free Press | Opinion March 3, 2007
    Time for 'Plan B' in Iraq
    By Harold Ford, Jr.
    We who oppose the president's plan have a responsibility to define a "Plan B" for Iraq.


    DLC | Press Release February 21, 2007
    Coverage of Harold Ford, Jr., New DLC Chair
    Media coverage and schedule of the DLC's new chair.


    DLC | New Dem Dispatch January 25, 2007
    New DLC Chair: Harold Ford, Jr.
    It's now official: As of today, former congressman Harold Ford, Jr., of Tennessee has become Chair of the Democratic Leadership Council. Ford has made it clear he intends to ensure that the organization remains on the leading edge of policy development as progressives seek to build a stable governing majority in 2008 and beyond.


    DLC | Press Release January 25, 2007
    Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. Named Chair of the Democratic Leadership Council
    The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) announced today that Harold Ford, Jr. will become Chair, replacing Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as he prepares to run for president. The former Congressman from Tennessee will be the 10th Chair since the DLC's founding in 1985.


    DLC | Blueprint Magazine October 18, 2006
    Fulfilling the American Dream
    By Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
    In 2005, Sen. Clinton took charge of the American Dream Initiative, a collaboration to strengthen the middle class. A year later, she unveiled the product of that effort at the DLC's National Conversation.


    DLC | Speech July 24, 2006
    Remarks of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the DLC National Conversation
    By Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
    "Our strength, our economy, our values derive from the promise of America, the promise of lifting yourself up through hard work in a society that rewarded results."


    DLC | Speech July 24, 2006
    Remarks of Sen. Tom Carper at the 2006 DLC National Conversation
    [I]t's time to celebrate the possible by re-building the American Dream once again.


    DLC | Blueprint Magazine July 22, 2006
    Saving the American Dream
    By Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Tom Carper, and Gov. Tom Vilsack
    We must build an opportunity agenda for the middle class and all who want to join it.


    DLC | New Dem Dispatch November 3, 2005
    Cleaner Air: Affordable Cost, Priceless Benefits
    Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency released its long-anticipated official cost and benefit estimates of the rival air pollution bills. DLC Vice Chair Sen. Tom Carper's (D-DE) bipartisan "Clean Air Planning Act" was shown to be vastly superior to the president's Clear Skies proposal.


    DLC | Blueprint Magazine October 21, 2005
    America in 2020
    By Hillary Rodham Clinton
    The chair of the DLC's American Dream Initiative has an optimistic vision of the not-too-distant future.


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