Mayors have gone from begging at the federal trough to being salesmen in charge of their city's destinies. That, according to The Economist .

"These days mayors seldom tackle an issue of national significance without pointing out how incompetent the federal response has been, " according to the story. Six hundred mayors have signed agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7% and more than 200 mayors have signed onto Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control alliance. (Unfortunately, mayors can do far less at the local level on guns than on climate change.)

The improvement in mayors' fortunes is long overdue, asserts The Economist.

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