Core Values for Democrats

Activists Use Web To Nudge Party
Principles Are Drafted for Democrats

By John F. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 20, 2005; Page A05

To hear some people tell it, the problem with the Democratic Party is that the political left no longer knows what it believes. A young graduate student named John Paul Rollert says these doubters can find their answer on the Web.

Rollert, a political activist who says his aim is the long-term revival of progressive politics, is one of the leaders of an effort called the "Principles Project," which recently completed an online convention designed to define and promote what Democrats believe...