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Some of us, of course, will believe that change when we see it. Maybe we're the ones Obama had in mind when he said, "What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them." Whether Obama can affect that shift--and where those tectonic plates carry him, and us--is the next big story of our frightened, giddy culture...
...wanted it again. So Obama and Emanuel worked out a deal to get both by convincing Summers to take a post inside the White House as director of the National Economic Council. As a top Obama White House aide put it, "A lot of this was making people understand that there was a lot of work to go around and you could be a valuable member of the team...
...often forced to dive into the bunker of her suburban house - Sderot was hammered by 203 rockets during the fighting. And if, despite the risks, she got to Sderot's flag-festooned marketplace, she was often cursed for loving the enemy in a time of war. "I understand their anger and feelings of revenge after so many years of helplessness," says Yellin of his neighbors. "But there are other ways to solve this than brute force." (Watch a video about Israel's lonesome doves...
...believes "weighty issues" like Iraq distracted Bush, while national media voices like Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and CNN's Lou Dobbs have fanned national sentiment on the border fence. "I am optimistic that with border governors like Governor [Janet] Napolitano, Obama is getting people in the Cabinet who understand the border," Foster says...
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held...