如果美国能从恐惧的文化迈进到希望的文化—并再一次为世界而继承这种希望—这就需要一位承载着美国梦想的领导人：既现代而又深得人文主义的宗教真谛，这与充斥着布什执政基础的焦虑的非理性主义和基督教保守运动形成鲜明的对比。
If America can move from a culture of fear to one of hope – and again incarnate hope for the world – it will require a leader who embodies the American dream: modern and armed with a humanistic religious message, in contrast to the anxious irrationalism of the Christian conservative movement that fueled Bush’s political base.