Democratic Party Platform
"Moving America Forward"
The following is excerpted from the Democratic Party Platform adopted by the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 4, 2012. For the foreign policy section, see the October 2012 issue of International Debates. Four years ago, Democrats, independents, and many Republicans came together as Americans to move our country forward. We were in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the previous administration had put two wars on our Nation’s credit card, and the American Dream had slipped out of reach for too many. Today, our economy is growing again,…
