Restore and renew the American dream: The core of American optimism has faded over the past decade; the dream of synthesizing personal liberty, virtue, and economic prosperity has been assailed by numerous forces. It is time to restore that dream.
That vision helped animate the Founders and carried the nation through many a tempest, and the unease of many Americans can be traced to a worry that this dream is fading. Especially since his victory in the primaries,
Romney has talked up the idea of common prosperity and new horizons of opportunity; this theme could be further
emphasized. Aspiration seems one of the key traits of the national character, such as it is. Restoring a sense of hope in the future of America and backing up this hope with growth-friendly policies would be a significant accomplishment indeed.
The theme of restoration and renewal is not just a reversion to some past order -- you can never go home again -- but a method of finding new ways to realize old ideals.
We can at once acknowledge the achievements and the ambitions of the past, which still run in our national DNA, while also going onward to a new realization. Facing a nation scarred by war and exhausted by years of frantic political struggle, Warren Harding pledged a return to normalcy.
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Restore and renew the American dream: The core of American optimism has faded over the past decade; the dream of synthesizing personal liberty, virtue, and economic prosperity has been assailed by numerous forces. It is time to restore that dream.
That vision helped animate the Founders and carried the nation through many a tempest, and the unease of many Americans can be traced to a worry that this dream is fading. Especially since his victory in the primaries,
Romney has talked up the idea of common prosperity and new horizons of opportunity; this theme could be further
emphasized. Aspiration seems one of the key traits of the national character, such as it is. Restoring a sense of hope in the future of America and backing up this hope with growth-friendly policies would be a significant accomplishment indeed.
The theme of restoration and renewal is not just a reversion to some past order -- you can never go home again -- but a method of finding new ways to realize old ideals.
We can at once acknowledge the achievements and the ambitions of the past, which still run in our national DNA, while also going onward to a new realization. Facing a nation scarred by war and exhausted by years of frantic political struggle, Warren Harding pledged a return to normalcy.
Mitt Romney might find it helpful to run on a message that the past decade's normalization of disappointment is not permanent -- we can still return to the traditional hopes and vision of the United State
That vision helped animate the Founders and carried the nation through many a tempest, and the unease of many Americans can be traced to a worry that this dream is fading. Especially since his victory in the primaries,
Romney has talked up the idea of common prosperity and new horizons of opportunity; this theme could be further
emphasized. Aspiration seems one of the key traits of the national character, such as it is. Restoring a sense of hope in the future of America and backing up this hope with growth-friendly policies would be a significant accomplishment indeed.
The theme of restoration and renewal is not just a reversion to some past order -- you can never go home again -- but a method of finding new ways to realize old ideals.
We can at once acknowledge the achievements and the ambitions of the past, which still run in our national DNA, while also going onward to a new realization. Facing a nation scarred by war and exhausted by years of frantic political struggle, Warren Harding pledged a return to normalcy.
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That vision helped animate the Founders and carried the nation through many a tempest, and the unease of many Americans can be traced to a worry that this dream is fading. Especially since his victory in the primaries,
Romney has talked up the idea of common prosperity and new horizons of opportunity; this theme could be further
emphasized. Aspiration seems one of the key traits of the national character, such as it is. Restoring a sense of hope in the future of America and backing up this hope with growth-friendly policies would be a significant accomplishment indeed.
The theme of restoration and renewal is not just a reversion to some past order -- you can never go home again -- but a method of finding new ways to realize old ideals.
We can at once acknowledge the achievements and the ambitions of the past, which still run in our national DNA, while also going onward to a new realization. Facing a nation scarred by war and exhausted by years of frantic political struggle, Warren Harding pledged a return to normalcy.
Mitt Romney might find it helpful to run on a message that the past decade's normalization of disappointment is not permanent -- we can still return to the traditional hopes and vision of the United State
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