"I think a turn toward the notion of a common citizenship, of course, Obama has talked about this a great deal. And the common good and economic security for people, not just saying the market will take care of everything. If those are the governing principles and I think you then move to specific policies whether on healthcare or the economy or race relations or immigration or other things. But if you have those governing principles, the society will move in a progressive direction."
On Bill Moyers Journal, Bill Moyers interviews Patricia Williams and Eric Foner about Barack Obama.
And Alan Brinkley in The New Republic considers Obama's effect on rekindling idealism.
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