Wow.

AMong the many well-turned phrases in Obama's address at the Mall, standing before the figure of Lincoln and watching the thousands of people who turned out from all over the country to support his start, were these words:

"a belief that if we could just recognize ourselves in one another and bring everyone together -- Democrats, Republicans, independents; Latino, Asian and Native American; black and white, gay and straight, disabled and not -- then not only would we restore hope and opportunity in places that yearned for both, but maybe, just maybe, we might perfect our union in the process.."

That should be the byline and signatory phrase of his Administration: Recognize ourselves in one another.

It is the nuclear fuel behind his breadth of insight and calm, I think.


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