A platform to stand behind

With the heady days after the 2006 election now a distant memory, I'm not frequently given to thinking about my identity as a Democrat - an Obama supporter, maybe, but not so much as a member of the party. But Marc Ambinder has a draft of the official platform document today - available in PDF here- and the following, in the plank on Criminal Justice, is a nice reminder of why I am:

"Ending violence against women must be a top priority. We will create a special advisor to the president regarding violence against women. We will increase funding to domestic violence and sexual assault prevention programs. We will strengthen sexual assault and domestic violence laws, support the Violence Against Women Act, and provide job security to survivors. Our foreign policy will be sensitive to issues of aggression against women around the world."