Although largely excluded from this picture, many Americans still need government to help them live fully free lives. They have few powerful friends. When responding to their needs and seeking their votes, we must think creatively about how to extend social insurance provisions to cover the poorest Americans, and to remember the needs of the working class. Stronger provision for social insurance represents good policy, but we feel that it is also good politics. Finally, we must keep this election in context.
Great struggles take time.
The principles of the Left have evolved over centuries, and they do not stand or fall on the basis of a few thousand ballots in Florida. For me a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end.