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On this site and elsewhere much attention has been paid to a recent New Republic piece by Sean Wilentz criticizing Barack Obama as a darling of the news media. Wilentz oddly likens current Obama supporters to those drawn to George W. Bush in the year 2000.
As Cass Sunstein notes in the current New Republic, Senator Obama is an extremely substantive person, with the intellect, drive, experience, and political skills to be an excellent president. He, like Bill Clinton, built a remarkable career from scratch based on his unique talents and commitments to important issues. George W Bush was a pampered playboy who conspicuously lacks Senator Obama's most striking qualities.
If anything, the GWB analogy applies elsewhere. If Hillary Clinton were not married to Bill Clinton, she would be a successful and admirable person. I doubt that she would be a leading presidential contender.
