Today, in the Washington Post's Business section, columnist Steven Pearlstein wrote about Barack Obama. In a column title There's the Beef Pearlstein had more than a few good things to say about Obama, starting with:
During the course of our endless presidential campaigns, lots of silly things are said by the candidates and the press. But few are more ridiculous than the idea that Barack Obama is just an empty suit.
He gets off some zingers on the other candidates, too:
Let's begin with the fact that he has written two books (all by himself, unlike a certain other candidate). The first offers a compelling personal narrative that, for some reason, is dismissed as puffery by a presumptive Republican nominee who first ran for office on the strength of his compelling personal narrative.
and then explains how Obama has detailed plans on every issue (15 single spaced pages, with footnotes-and that's just health care).
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