Quote of the Day
October 22, 2012

'The choice is clear. The Romney-Ryan ticket
represents a constricted and backward-looking
vision of America: the privatization of the public
good. In contrast, the sort of public investment
championed by Obama-and exemplified by both
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and
the Affordable Care Act-takes to heart the old civil-
rights motto "Lifting as we climb." That effort
cannot, by itself, reverse the rise of inequality that
has been under way for at least three decades. But
we've already seen the future that Romney
represents, and it doesn't work.

'The reelection of Barack Obama is a matter of great
urgency. Not only are we in broad agreement with
his policy directions; we also see in him what is
absent in Mitt Romney-a first-rate political
temperament and a deep sense of fairness and
integrity. A two-term Obama Administration will
leave an enduringly positive imprint on political life.
It will bolster the ideal of good governance and a
social vision that tempers individualism with a
concern for community. Every Presidential election
involves a contest over the idea of America. Obama's
America-one that progresses, however falteringly,
toward social justice, tolerance, and
equality-represents the future that this country
deserves.'

Editorial
The New Yorker