http://www.ideasprimary.com This is the Ideas Primary blog. Fri, 25 May 2007 13:37:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The New York Times' Robin Toner asks for the true measure of a presidential candidate. DLC President Bruce Reed tells her it's in their position papers. Reed: "In all the talk about authenticity, the most authentic thing to do as a candidate is to say what you will do as president, ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=114 Delivering a "major address" on lowering health care costs, Sen. Hillary Clinton laid out a seven-point plan designed to reduce premiums, eliminate inefficiencies, and prevent diseases. One of those points: the expansion of Health Information Technology. Read more... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=113 By Paul Weinstein, for The Politico The 2008 campaign is already defining itself as a contest over how to solve the problems George W. Bush will leave behind. To the long list of messes the next president will have to mop up, add another: the astonishing growth of America's budget deficit. Read ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=112 Hillary Clinton, Tuesday, announced a proposal to provide voluntary pre-kindergarten for all 4-year-old children in America. The recommendation closely resembles a plan developed by PPI Fellow Sara Mead in 2004. Read more... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=111 Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, writing in The Wall Street Journal, makes a "liberal" case for continued U.S. intervention in Iraq, dispite the rallying cries of the anti-war Left: American liberals need to face these truths: The demand for self-government was and remains strong in Iraq despite all our mistakes and the ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=109 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he has ordered all city taxi cabs to be hybrid vehicles by 2012 as part of his efforts to reduce air pollution. Bloomberg: These cars just sit there in traffic sometimes, belching fumes. This does a lot less. It's a lot better for all of ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=110 Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Thursday laid out his plan for a dramatic shift in the way the U.S. uses energy, proposing to all but end the country's reliance on oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2040. Read more... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=108 In the face of federal inaction on the subject, two coalitions came together yesterday in New York to address global warming during the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. First, under a plan developed by the William J. Clinton Foundation, 16 of the world's largest cities joined with five banks and ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=106 Gov. Mike Beebe has proposed an interesting idea in Arkansas to link state funding for higher education to the ability of schools to retain and graduate students. In a recent article, Gov. Beebe said: The higher education funding formula is based on number of students. We're going to change that formula ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=105 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) is pleased to announce that Marc Dunkelman will become Vice President for Strategic Communications and Director of IdeasPrimary.com. IdeasPrimary.com, which was launched by DLC Chair Harold Ford, Jr., will serve as a platform for New Democrats to publish and share their solutions for ... http://www.ideasprimary.com/?p=107