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Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society

Abstract

President Obama entered office wrapped in a mantle of moral leadership. His call for change was rooted in values that had long been eclipsed in our public life: a sense of mutual responsibility, commitment to equality and belief in inclusive diversity. Those values inspired a new generation of voters, restored faith to the cynical and created a national movement. Now, 18 months and an "enthusiasm gap" later, the nation's major challenges remain largely unmet, and a discredited conservative movement has reinvented itself in a more virulent form.

Citation

Ganz, Marshall. "How Obama Lost His Voice, and How He Can Get It Back." Los Angeles Times, November 3, 2010.