Dennis Kucinich is the Heart & Soul of PDA
Dennis Kucinich is the Heart & Soul of PDA
June 18th, 2007
It seems like a million years ago… July 2004, following the Democratic Convention in Boston, when a thousand people filled a hall in Roxbury Massachusetts, for the Progressive Democrats of America’s first convention, and PDA was born.
PDA was an outgrowth of the Kucinich for President 2004 campaign. Most of the people in that hall that day were Kucinich supporters, joined by Deaniacs. Seeing Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean hold their hands up together in Roxbury signaled a spirit of cooperation, integrity and hope that continues on in PDA.
Three years later, PDA is growing and going strong. This past weekend, I was part of about 75 PDA leaders from California who met in San Luis Obispo to discuss the direction of PDA in our state and the nation. As we gathered to take a group photo at the end of our meetings, I thought, someday we are going to look back at this and realize that we were part of something so powerful that it completely changed the world – for the better...
...While many members of PDA are still looking over the smorgasbord of Democratic candidates running for president in ’08, the values and idealism of our original Kucinich roots remain. Of all the candidates running for President, only Dennis Kucinich is 100% in alignment with PDA priorities.
June 18th, 2007
It seems like a million years ago… July 2004, following the Democratic Convention in Boston, when a thousand people filled a hall in Roxbury Massachusetts, for the Progressive Democrats of America’s first convention, and PDA was born.
PDA was an outgrowth of the Kucinich for President 2004 campaign. Most of the people in that hall that day were Kucinich supporters, joined by Deaniacs. Seeing Dennis Kucinich and Howard Dean hold their hands up together in Roxbury signaled a spirit of cooperation, integrity and hope that continues on in PDA.
Three years later, PDA is growing and going strong. This past weekend, I was part of about 75 PDA leaders from California who met in San Luis Obispo to discuss the direction of PDA in our state and the nation. As we gathered to take a group photo at the end of our meetings, I thought, someday we are going to look back at this and realize that we were part of something so powerful that it completely changed the world – for the better...
...While many members of PDA are still looking over the smorgasbord of Democratic candidates running for president in ’08, the values and idealism of our original Kucinich roots remain. Of all the candidates running for President, only Dennis Kucinich is 100% in alignment with PDA priorities.
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