Abstract
Another America spoke up this past fall. Barack Obama's victory over the Reagan Revolution's latest surrogates opens new possibilities. It is a moment for hope, but not for messianic expectations. "Lead us into the Promised Land," someone cried out a century ago at a rally for Eugene V. Debs, Socialist candidate for president. He replied that he wouldn't if he could because then "someone else could lead you out." We need robust reform today. It won't be easy. The United States is in difficult straits after a quarter-century of Ayn Rand fictions taken for reality. Obama won thanks to a fresh coalition of liberals and the famously fluid "center." Spurred on by the financial crisis, it overcame racism. That is something to savor. The new administration must now hold its coalition together, extract us from Bush's mess, and tug toward a more attractive America.
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