George Will on Obama. He's dead-on about Steele's book which was engrossing at times and helped me integrate my own thoughts on the man. But ultimately it fails to convince - Steele understandably sees Obama as a threat to his own racial politics as well as that of Sharpton and Jackson. Will gets the central racial paradox of Obama:
Obama's candidacy fascinates because he represents radical autonomy: He has chosen his racial identity, but chosen not to make it matter much.
Read the whole thing.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/12/-the-most-interesting-presidential-candidacy-since-1980/222098/
