Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 11:13AM | in Governance It's about more than Obama
In commemorating the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Andrew Sullivan broadens the focus from the figure of the President to the American people:
There is something about Obama's willingness to give others credit, to approach so many issues with such dispassionate pragmatism, and to shift by symbols and speeches the mood and tenor of an entire country that gives one a modest form of optimism. Even now, as the outlook seems so dark, and as the inheritance seems so insuperable, three words linger in the mind.
Yes, he can.
And two words echo back at me.
Can we?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at 11:13AM | in Governance 
Reader Comments (1)
Hi Geoff, we are watching the inauguration now as you probably are, and are especially inspired by the African-American responses... whatever happens from here on, a bridge has been crossed by Americans as they address their "greatest challenge" of racial unity.