The Two Americas

"Could Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards actually be right about something? Not where to go to get a haircut, mind you, I mean about there being two Americas."

"There is the vibrant America ... and the stagnant one. There is the America of ever-increasing wealth, innovation, creativity, of a dynamic economy, new jobs, new products and services. Choices galore."

"And there is the politician’s America: The regulated America, the subsidized America, the earmarked America. The failing America."