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As 2012 comes to a close, we're heading into a new year, a new Congress, and a new term for President Obama. That means it's an important time to speak up.

We want to know what your priorities and interests are as Democrats, so we've put together a quick survey. Check out this email our chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, just sent out, then make your voice heard—because this is your party.

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While we at the DNC are still reflecting on the President's victory and all our other wins, we're also refocusing and planning for the work ahead.

How we move forward depends on you. This is your party, and we want to hear from you. What are your priorities and interests?

Please share your thoughts about the election and how you think we should move forward.

Now is the time to hone our strengths and identify areas for improvement.

Together, we're facing a big moment in American politics. We have the chance to accomplish some major successes for the American people. Your input today -- and your participation going forward -- is incredibly important.

I look forward to hearing from you.

As always, thank you so much for your support,

Debbie

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on the passing of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye.

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on tonight’s presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York:

“President Obama emerged from tonight’s debate as the clear victor. He made it clear to the American people that he possesses the strength, decisiveness and steady hand that our country needs—and that he has a vision to keep moving America forward and build our economy not from the top down, but from the middle out. Voters across the country also saw the President clearly break down the ‘sketchy deal’ that Mitt Romney has offered them: his plan to spend a whopping $5 trillion on a tax cut for the wealthiest few, even though they don’t need it, and $2 trillion on a defense buildup that the Pentagon has made clear it doesn’t want—without any explanation as to how he would pay for it.

“But President Obama didn’t just win tonight—Mitt Romney lost, and he did it by launching one misfire after another in his attacks against the President, in addition to missing the mark on his own proposals. When called out for the lack of substance to his own plans, Romney was clearly flustered and took it out on the moderator rather than actually offering a defense of his indefensible plans. And just as he’s done at every twist and turn of his campaign, he misled the American people—not only by refusing to tell the truth about his plan to take away women’s access to affordable contraception or his pledge to veto the DREAM Act, but also by lying about the President’s immediate response to the terror attack in Benghazi. Mitt Romney showed once again that all he has to offer are more false attacks, more empty proposals and more failed leadership—and the American people simply deserve better than that.”

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on tonight’s vice presidential debate in Danville, Kentucky:

“Tonight’s debate—which Vice President Biden clearly and decisively won—showcased two very different approaches to facts, details and core convictions: Vice President Biden understands they matter, and Congressman Paul Ryan obviously does not.

“At no point tonight was Ryan able to offer a straightforward answer or specific explanation as to how he and Mitt Romney’s tax plan would be anything but devastating to the middle class, how doubling down on trickle-down will result in the creation of one single job now, how the Romney-Ryan ticket’s policy on Iran would be different from President Obama’s, or exactly what their plan is for our troops serving in Afghanistan. And women across the country watching tonight’s debate were not given any guarantee by Paul Ryan that they would continue to have control over decisions affecting their own health, their own lives, and their own bodies.

“Meanwhile, Vice President Biden demonstrated that honest answers and concrete details do make a difference—and he consistently used them tonight to underscore the fact that he’s spent his entire life fighting for America’s middle-class families. He and President Obama will proudly continue to do so in a second term, as they keep moving our country forward with an economy built from the middle out.”