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...Finally, and most refreshingly to an American worried about the country’s place in an ever-changing world, most Indians I met admire our country’s egalitarianism and diversity. A friend of mine one day asked me during a political conversation if Barack Obama was actually the son of a Muslim. When I responded affirmatively, he remarked, “Now that type of thing only happens in America.” Though Indians of diverse religious beliefs are widely represented in India’s governing structures, the general population’s interactions...
...Indian views of America are not uniformly positive, of course. Many Indians are skeptical of American prodding on issues such as climate change and relations with Pakistan. They also fault the American market for the crash that brought down the global economy with it. Yet, as a whole, the people admire and respect a country that, more often than not, treats them as an equal partner, introduces new business models and economic ideas to their country, and sets a model for tolerance and diversity. As we work to rebuild our bonds with the rest of the world, these lessons...
...donations. But as health- care reform stalls and sours, many of us are losing confidence. And if I were Obama, I’d be worried about this more than anything. Because the health-care battle is about more than health care: It’s about whether young Americans will regain faith in the American political system or wake up from the Obama dream and retreat toward complacency and disillusionment...
...insurance companies that care about our health about as much as the inventors of fried dough. The Democratic Party seems disorganized and fragmented. And, perhaps most surprising, Obama and his administration, the masters of messaging, seem to be losing the communications battle and, with it, the confidence of the American people...
...much can be written about this defining moment in American politics, and so much has been, from the increasingly complacent mainstream media to the insurance industry’s frenzied advertising and lobbying against reform. But from the perspective of a young progressive and Obama campaigner, my advice to Obama is this: Don’t bend over backward compromising with people who want as little change as possible. Doing so will not only water down meaningful health-care reform, but it will also prove that there is no “meaningful” change in politics. The power...