One time, back in 2007, a certain presidential candidate said, "Every four years somebody trots out a white paper, they post it on the web. But the question we have to challenge ourselves is do we have the political will and the sense of urgency to actually get it done. I want to be held accountable for getting it done."

Well, the day's come to start the process of holding our leaders accountable for getting it done. And by 'it,' I mean showing us the country we've wanted to see for the past eight years. But we can't just leave it up to our elected officials; the push for change needs us to make sure our politicians are "gettin' it done."

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(Proudly cross-posted at Clintonistas for Obama)

How many of you attended your local Platform for Change event(s)? I did... As well as a reporter from my own local paper and several dozen local Democrats. Oh yes, and so did one of our terrific local Democrats running for Congress.

But despite what you may think, there were no signs of "elitism" or "talking down". If anything, we were all contributing our thoughts and ideas to our final proposed platform that will be presented to the DNC. Want to take a look?

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