Summary # 3 T. Burns

In the essay "Perfecting the Union" written by Roger Cohen, the author conveys that things are starting to change for America. With all the changes that have happened just with President Barrak Obama elected on 5 November 2008, there is no way things couldn't get better. "Obama has spoken without cease about his conviction of American possibility born from this experience." He likes all of Obamas idea's and thinks a lot of good will come out of his presidency. He states "At a time of national soul-searching, what could better symbolize a "more perfect union" and the overcoming of the wounds of that original sin than the election to the White House of an African-American?" He knows it won't be easy but it will get better.