Why do we need Team America?

The Republican Party has spent more than half a century in building itself up. They have built up a pantheon of party philosophers such as Russell Kirk and have been supported by such steady powerhouses as National Review's founder William F. Buckley, Jr.. Recently, however, the party of American Conservatives has devolved into "Neo-Conservatism."

Concurrently, the Democratic Party has been coming apart at the seams -- since the heyday of the New Deal of the 1930s under US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). Whereas Republicans today have a "best practice" guide of party principles coupled with a party discipline that keeps most if not all members closely within the party line, Democrats currently exhibit no such unity or cohesion. This devolution was perhaps best exhibited recently by the DNC slogan "Anybody But Bush" or "ABB" (see Naomi Klein's article "Anybody but Bush - and then let's get back to work") -- the very notion of "anybody" translates effectively into somebody and even "nobody" -- nobody special. Is that who John Kerry is -- just "anybody but Bush"?

For these and other reasons, it is high time that Democrats find a unifying theme and message, for themselves and for all Americans. The theme presented on this blog is "Team America."

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Read more about:
- Why do we need Team America?
- What is Team America?
- Who Leads Team America?
- Action Plan up to January 23, 2005

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