The New Yorker Endorses Obama

In a thorough and well written editorial, The New Yorker makes the case for Barack Obama:

At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness. It needs a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe. That leader’s name is Barack Obama.

I obviously agree wholeheartedly. After a little more than 40 years on this planet, I am hopeful that a transformational leader for the Left may finally have arrived in the person of Barack Obama. Liberals, by definition, don't generally revere their leaders like conservatives do. That said, I have always hoped that we would one day get "our Reagan". Whether deserved or not, Ronald Reagan represents for most Republicans the gold standard for their party. For conservatives, Reagan was inspiring and confident and he represented to them all of the positive qualities to which they aspire. We Liberals expect a lot from our leaders so it will be very hard for any leader to achieve a "Reagan-like" stature amongst progressives. Count me as one cynical idealist who is ready to give Obama a shot at being a progressive leader for the ages.