In the past few decades, conservatives have vilified the word "liberal" and bombarded candidates with attacks on their "liberal elite" policies. Yet, polls show that when Americans are asked for their opinions on most important issues, they identify with the liberal position most of the time, sometimes by sizable majorities. The Democratic Party platform consists of liberal positions. Virtually all of the important values to Democrats are liberal values of fairness, sustainability and consistency. Liberals value pure American ideals of liberty, equality and privacy. Yet, many Democratic politicians cower and run away from being called "liberal".

John Kennedy stated for all the world that he was a liberal, when he said:

"...if by a 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'Liberal,' then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal.'" (http://www.liberalparty.org/JFKLPAcceptance.html)

Your opponents have certainly labeled you a liberal. Are you a liberal? And, if you are not a liberal, how do you fit into the Democratic Party?