DailyKos, September 27, 2006
By Darcy Burner

Never before in my lifetime has America so urgently needed new leadership to take it in a new direction. The ideals enshrined in our nation's founding texts — freedom, liberty, equality, opportunity — or, the timeless values that have made our democracy a role model for other peoples throughout the world, have either been ignored or forgotten by those currently in power.

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