The Barack Obama who emerges from the mean political streets of Chicago in Ryan Lizza's excellent New Yorker piece is a far cry from the man whose silver tongue got Chris Matthews' pant leg fluttering in February. He comes across as a slick, malleable and ruthless politician, who--even more than most of his fellow narcissists--sees little difference between his own well-being and that of the multitudes blessed to vote for him. Had this Obama been better known during the primaries, he might not have been able to get away with playing the race card so brilliantly in South Carolina, and he wouldn't be the Democratic nominee today. (Timing is everything, and--as Lizza points out--Barack's is "impeccable.") The article helps dispel many myths about Obama, from his supposed distaste for lobbyists to his allegedly superior judgment on matters of war and peace . (As Saltzman told me, “He was a Hyde Park state senator. He had to oppose the war!”)
We're going to have to keep an eye on this guy at all times.
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