As it should be, he states the case for preserving our democracy, eloquently.
Two quotes:
I always get a little choked up when I go to the local school to cast my vote. The humbleness of the surroundings only emphasizes the majesty of the process: this is democracy, America's great gift to the world, in action.
Above all, though, I want to see democracy vindicated, and the stain of 2000 eradicated, by a clean election in which as many people as possible get to cast their votes, and have those votes counted.
Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/02/opinion/02krugman.html?hp
"It's about America" [the America we will all save tomorrow and nourish, henceforth, as never before]