I am facinated by Barak Obama. In part this is because I figure he is likely to be the next president, and in part because the combination of meteoric success and a limited public record has a tendency to make him into a kind of ink-blot test of people’s hopes and fears. The resulting discussions are often very revealing, even if they are not revealing about Obama himself. Also, unlike most national politicians, he seems to be a genuinely thoughtful and even curious person. Too often democracy seems to reward shallow narcicissits.
Still, my suspicion is that -- stripped of the rhetoric -- Obama is a rather conventional left of center pol, and not being a big fan of left of center pols, I’m inclined to enjoy his eloquence and put my political hopes elsewhere. (Or simply jettison political hope.)
Cass Sunstein, however, seems to be out to persuade people like me to support Obama. He has done a nice podcast on why conservatives should support Obama , and ...
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