fascinating

this is a fascinating article about the Obama phenomenon.  

It is long, but you have to read the whole thing.  Notice the juxtaposition of a charismatic leader who is going to heal all of our wounds through politics against traditional morality.

Fascinating.

UPDATE:

you really have to read this article.  Here is an excerpt to get you over there.

But Obama’s rhetoric encompasses more than a promise of racial healing. He is not the first politician to argue that politics can redeem us, but in posing as the Adonis who will turn winter into spring, he revives one of the more pernicious political swindles: the belief that a charismatic leader can ordain a civic happy hour and give a people a sense of community that will make them feel less bad.