http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/07/02/im-better-off-under-brown/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:50:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/07/02/im-better-off-under-brown/#comment-3019 Prospect reads at First Drafts - The Prospect magazine blog Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:29:40 +0000 http://blog.prospectblogs.com/2007/07/02/im-better-off-under-brown/#comment-3019 [...] Tom Nuttall  ”Goodbye to All That,” in the Atlantic Monthly, by Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan has been cheerleading for Barack Obama’s candidacy for months on his blog the Daily Dish. In this article he weaves together the various strands of his case for Obama—his ability to transcend America’s sclerotic baby boomer post-Vietnam culture wars, his confidence in combining a strong moral sense and religious faith with public expressions of doubt and scepticism, and the soft-power effect that having a mixed-race president who grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia would have on those around the world who increasingly distrust America’s motives. At the time the article was published, Obama looked like a busted flush and Hillary Clinton’s path to the Democratic candidacy looked inevitable; now a series of assured public performances by Obama have opened up the race again in the lead-up to the Iowa caucuses. As someone who finds Obama the most inspirational presidential candidate in years, I certainly wish him all the best (and not just because I’ve got a fair bit of cash riding on him). [...] [...] Tom Nuttall  ”Goodbye to All That,” in the Atlantic Monthly, by Andrew Sullivan. Sullivan has been cheerleading for Barack Obama’s candidacy for months on his blog the Daily Dish. In this article he weaves together the various strands of his case for Obama—his ability to transcend America’s sclerotic baby boomer post-Vietnam culture wars, his confidence in combining a strong moral sense and religious faith with public expressions of doubt and scepticism, and the soft-power effect that having a mixed-race president who grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia would have on those around the world who increasingly distrust America’s motives. At the time the article was published, Obama looked like a busted flush and Hillary Clinton’s path to the Democratic candidacy looked inevitable; now a series of assured public performances by Obama have opened up the race again in the lead-up to the Iowa caucuses. As someone who finds Obama the most inspirational presidential candidate in years, I certainly wish him all the best (and not just because I’ve got a fair bit of cash riding on him). [...]

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