from public opinion to advance his program on many fronts.
Let us hope, let us pray, that Obama understands fully what he needs to
do, and that he is at his clever and creative best --like in the speech
to the Joint Session of Congress in Septembeer, like in his televised
session with the House Republicans a few weeks ago, and indeed like his
handling of the Reverend Wright problem early in the primacy election
season in 2008-- both in designing this drama and in pulling it off.
So the spirit in America has been waiting for this showdown, while the
armies have been camped on the two sides of the river awaiting the
arrival of the day of battle. Except for the occasional sniper
fire, the scene has been quiescent. Both Good and Evil have been
on hold, observing a time of preparation.
And, so perhaps how I've felt lately has just been the cycle of my
mood. Or perhaps my spirit --which in this decade has been so
strongly connected with the spirit of this nation-- is mirroring in me
the state of play in the large spiritual battle being waged in America
in our times.</strong>
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