Frank Rich wrote a great, "this guy really gets it" op-ed in today's Sunday New York Times...stimulating reading on the state of affairs in the political race....
"As more and more Americans feel the pain of spiraling gas prices and lost jobs, they are also coming to recognize, as Mr. Obama does, that the globally reviled American image forged by an endless war in Iraq and its accompanying torture scandals is inflicting economic as well as foreign-policy havoc.
Six out of 10 Americans do want their president to talk to Iran’s president, according to the most-recent Gallup poll. Americans are sick of a national identity defined by arrogant saber-rattling abroad and manipulative fear-mongering at home. Mr. Obama closed his speech on Tuesday by telling Americans they “don’t deserve” another election “that’s governed by fear.” Of the three candidates, he was the only one who did not mention 9/11 that night."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/opinion/08rich.html?ex=1370577600&en=e5031ce2182300eb&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
