{"id":378,"date":"2009-01-19T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T10:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/the-power-of-dreams.html"},"modified":"2009-01-19T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2009-01-19T10:44:40","slug":"the-power-of-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/progressiverevival\/2009\/01\/the-power-of-dreams.html","title":{"rendered":"The power of Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone today is talking about Obama and MLK, for obvious reasons. I have my own two cents at City of Brass<\/a> about how Obama is right to de-emphasize the MLK connection, however, in favor of the Founders themselves. After all, whether Obama is the heir to MLK’s legacy, and the emodiment of the Dream, is really a question best answered at the end of Obama’s presidency, not the start. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone today is talking about Obama and MLK, for obvious reasons. I have my own two cents at City of Brass about how Obama is right to de-emphasize the MLK connection, however, in favor of the Founders themselves. 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