Pelosi calls on Democrats to 'own' August message

From The Hill:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has encouraged her colleagues to do more to help win the House in November, this time asking them to hold events over the August recess to trumpet their "New Direction for America" platform.

"Democrats have a strong and unified national message. As part of our national strategy, Democrats must own the message during August," she wrote Wednesday to all House Democrats.

The six-pronged "New Direction" agenda proposes providing affordable healthcare, lowering gas prices, raising the minimum wage, lowering the cost of college, preventing Social Security privatization and restoring fiscal responsibility.

"The New Direction for America agenda should be incorporated into your press releases, correspondence, newsletters, mailings, your Web page, Internet communications and blogs, as well as your floor comments and speeches elsewhere to help to send a clear and unified Democratic agenda," she wrote.

August is a crucial time for both parties to frame the political debate heading into the fall election season.