Deciding i was going to be born in the United States. But, boy, did i luck out on both counts because i had not only a Strong Family but i had the backing of my country. At least thats the way it felt to me. Despite all our problems, all the barriers, we always believed that it would get better, that we would keep opening the doors of opportunity, keep expanding the circle of rights. And thats what we have done. Not as fast as many of us would have wanted, but we kept moving forward. This election, as much as any in my memory, will test that proposition because there is, make no mistake at bout it, a vy strong force that wants to turn us back. So i really hope that we will not only understand whats at stake but, as the mayor said, tell everybody you can reach because this touches everybody. Think of those barriers. We have economic barrier, dont we . Barriers where we dont have enough good jobs, with rising incomes. We need to get back to a winwin economy. Plus tw it wasnt so long ago