Reading Richard Wolffe's Renegade in the context of the last four years, instead of less than a year after Barack Obama's 2008 victory, helps one realize how pragmatic the then junior of Illinois really was in his political thinking even as he challenged the establishment. Throughout the book, Wolff...
No, darn it, I can't. Quit with the chanting. I gave up on this way, way too fast. For the record: Wolffe first popped into my consciousness in Alexandra Pelosi's documentary about the reporters covering Bush in the 2000 election, and he appeared sly, funny, smart, and pretty engaged with the iss...
NYT review: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/books/02kaku.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=books