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The 2004 presidential election has the potential to be one of the most important in decades. Every fundamental question of national values and national policy is up for debate. . . . Ron Hirsch's We Still Hold These Truths is a systematic and serious effort to make that debate as clear and valuable as it can be. . . . The questions he is asking are the right ones for the public this year.-James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Our nation stands at a crossroad. There is a radical movement afoot, shaped by the Religious Right and the neo-conservatives, to fundamentally alter the balance that our system has struck between private rights, the public good, and government. The issue is not simply big versus small government, high versus low taxes. At risk is the heart of our democracy, our historic values. To protect those values, mainstream Americans must unite and defeat that movement. We Still Hold These Truths presents a positive vision of America to help the Democratic Party win the hearts and minds of the American people, take back the White House and Congress in 2004, and fuel a progressive revival. Using the Declaration of Independence as a touchstone, We Still Hold These Truths examines nine key areas of government policy to define "an American manifesto," an ideological framework for the Democratic Party and the policy positions that flow from it. It recaptures the word "Liberal" as a centrist American concept, rooted in our founding documents. And, it shows why the direction of the current Bush administration is dangerous.