It's time
America should take a chance and make Barack Obama the next leader of the free world
It is impossible to forecast how important any presidency will be. Back in 2000 America stood tall as the undisputed superpower, at peace with a generally admiring world. The main argument was over what to do with the federal government’s huge budget surplus. Nobody foresaw the seismic events of the next eight years. When Americans go to the polls next week the mood will be very different. The United States is unhappy, divided and foundering both at home ... Full Story »
Posted by Donica Mensing
I've been waiting for a more conservative publication to print an article like this, and it comes as no surprise that The Economist has pulled through. As we cool off politically, which by many measures has already begun (given Obama's greatly promising chance at victory), I hope to see much more of this. Pragmatic, realistic, thoughtful people regaining their sanity and taking good stock of the world around them.