NYT's "The Crisis Agenda"

fr: http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2008/10/07/opinion/07tue1.html

October 7th, 2008 7:16 am
What Obama must highlight in the debate are the untapped assets of the American economy. He must frame the debate over the future as a choice between a status-quo under McCain, or, as an opportunity for both the federal government and the financial sector to fundamentally adjust and retool its approach to the new economic reality.

If he can justify the imperatives for his social agenda and demonstrate he will marry them to a fiscally responsible budgetary approach he will go a long way in giving the voters what they need - peace of mind that the old order will not prevail. That the needs of the middle class will come before the needs of Wall St., that Main St. is not going to be relegated to the policy back-burner.

In essence, all he has to do is convey that his administration would commit itself to bring forth a form of 'compassionate pragmatism' to the challenges of governance.

— BeerBellyBuddah, Winnipeg, Canada