WelcomeMessage
Welcome to my Web site. I hope
you'll take some time to explore it and learn more about my campaign.
We are living in an exciting and challenging time - a pivotal period in
our history. We have a chance to offer a vision for America anchored in
our enduring values and energized with new ideas. We should be proud of
what we believe and steadfast in our principles, and we must remember that
Americans ask their leaders to tell it like they see it and offer real
solutions.
We need to come together around a commitment to restore the promise of
America for the people who make this country what it is - the people who
build and deliver our products, who heal and teach our kids, who grow and
prepare our food, who protect our streets and homes, and those who fight
our wars. They should not have to choose between personal security and
economic opportunity. They deserve both.
In America, we do not have to choose between making our world safer and
making our country better.
We need to set a higher standard for national leadership - one that says
to this President: ignoring your responsibilities at home because you are
focused on our responsibilities abroad isn't good enough for America.
Doing two things at once is part of the job description.
We need leadership with the strength to take on the tough fights and the
courage to make the tough choices. We need to challenge ourselves; we need
to match what is best in our history and reach for what is best in our
future. We need leadership with the vision of Franklin Roosevelt, who
summoned America to stand for freedom around the world and rallied the
support of nations across the globe.
We need leadership with the courage of John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson,
who fought for civil rights and voting rights even when they knew it would
cost them dearly. We need leadership with the resolve of Bill Clinton, who
made the hard decisions in 1993 to tackle a deficit problem that no one
thought could be solved and put this country back on the road to
prosperity.
We need leadership for the real America. That's where I come from. And
that's where you come from. We come from the place where parents have no
idea how they're ever going to afford to send their three-year-old twins
to college. We come from the place where people worry about how they're
going to pay the bills if their mother gets sick. We come from the place
where people cannot understand how 30 years of retirement savings could be
wiped out in a matter of months.
President Bush and his administration come from a different place; they
don't see the world the same way. They don't even see the problem, let
alone try to solve it. They've lost touch with the real America.
People everywhere in the real America don't care about Republicans, or
Democrats, or the politics of Washington, D.C. They don't ask much from
government, but what they ask for matters. They want their leaders to
honor their values, have the courage of their convictions, keep their
country safe and strong, be smart with their money, and give them a chance
to make the most of their future.
That's the basic promise of what we call the American Dream - if you work
hard and play by the rules, America will give you the opportunity to reach
higher, to build a better future. Americans dream that their children's
lives will be better than their own. Americans dream that hard work
deserves a real return. Americans dream that their future can be greater
than their present.
The President loves to say since 9/11 that the American spirit has never
been stronger.
I seek the Presidency so that we will be able to say the same about the
American Dream.
I invite you to join me online as I continue to outline a vision for our
future. Stay in touch and get involved from your computer. Look to this
Web site - and be sure to sign up for my e-mail newsletter - to share your
own new ideas.