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In Medias Res (inmedias.blogspot.com):
… Obama's liberalism and his class, for which--in the minds of many working-class and rural white voters, at least--the radicalism of some of Wright's statements are just a symptom. Obama is, in many ways,an almost Burkean moderate, but we have an enormous disconnect in our political understandings in this country (a disconnect that I tend to believe, as I've said many times before, has been created most fundamentally by religious disagreements …

The New Republic (blogs.tnr.com):
… American politics. Yet his entire intellectual persona--from his minimalism and suspicion of grand theories, to his conscious choice to reject his mother's mid-twentieth-century universalism and embrace his identity as a black man in Chicago, to his "almost Burkean" respect for social norms--seemed like that of a man who'd be rightly wary of such a campaign, were it being waged by someone other than himself. You can't be both Burkean and transformational, or at least not very easily. …

bent | news from Taiwan and China by Benjamin Thompson (bent.tw):
… s going to take some persuasion, flexibility and especially leadership, but I’m ready to be led by someone truly seeking the best for America and for ourselves. And I don’t think it’s all talk. Aprofile in the New Yorkerwritten last spring said, In his view of history, in his respect for tradition, in his skepticism that the world can be changed any way but very, very slowly, Obama is deeply conservative. There are moments when he sounds almost Burkean. He distrusts …

2parse/blog (2parse.com):
… “I’m a Democrat. I’m considered a progressive Democrat. But if a Republican or a Conservative or a libertarian or a free-marketer has a better idea, I am happy to steal ideas from anybody and in that senseI’m agnostic.” An example of the value of his “agnosticism” can be found in his health care plan. His Emphasis on a Respectful Political Dialogue. His Engagement of the Disengaged. Mr. Obama was a community organizer - and …

2parse/blog (2parse.com):
… playing to the extremes.  (For me, the Republican advocacy of torture and skepticism of climate change made this clear.)  The second factor was that as I began to learn more about Obama and his thought, the more I came to admire him.  Specifically,this New Yorker piece called “The Conciliator”(which is long, but well worth it) first introduced me to the aspect of Obama that I admire most, what Cass Sunstein calls in a recent New Republic piece, “visionary minimalism.”  What Sunstein describes is the paradox of Barack Obama …

2parse/blog (2parse.com):
… agnosticism is an essential part of his appeal - and I think most progressive bloggers also feel that appeal, even as it contradicts the lessons they have chosen to take from the past dozen years of politics. From an old piece in the New Yorker,here’s Obama: “I’m a Democrat. I’m considered a progressive Democrat. But if a Republican or a Conservative or a libertarian or a free-marketer has a better idea, I am happy to steal ideas from anybody and in that sense I’m agnostic.” …

Blog of Revelation (blog-of-revelation.blogspot.com):
… everyone with the respect they deserve. Many have said that he's the kind of politicians that can communicate with 'the other side' in not only a constructive way, but in a way that makes Americans feel proud of what our political system could be.Here is a New Yorker article about Obama which should make you feel proud too. …

Scrub Notes (scrubnotes.blogspot.com):
… Anyway, given what I've read, I think Clinton's and Edwards' plans sounds the best and have more detail. Obama's is good, but not as broad as theirs; however, his plan might be the one that is most realistically implementable. It is interesting to seehis views on policy. I think Obama would be in support of mandates if crafting a system from scratch, but in this climate, perhaps he believes that a more incremental change is more feasible. I suppose I should admit a bias towards Obama, but I think any one of the …

irReligion.org (www.irreligion.org):
…  Ok, admit it, none of you were expecting ANY of the presidential candidates to say something like this: “I’m agnostic.” .. Granted he wasn’t talking about it in the religious sense, it’s just fun to hear politicians say such things.Where is Barack Obama coming from? …

i collect things (icollectthings.blogspot.com):
… me—roommates of mine, relatives who are Republicans—who’ve said, ‘He’s the one Democrat I could support, not because he agrees with me, because he doesn’t, but because I at least think he’ll take my point of view into account,’ ” -The New Yorker …

Donklephant (donklephant.com):
… Interesting New Yorker articleout earlier this year that I missed. Key paragraph: He doesn’t often criticize the Bush Administration directly; in New Hampshire recently, he told his audience, “I’m a Democrat. I’m considered a progressive Democrat. But if a Republican or a …

Know Now | Autos (elsiewatt.blogspot.com):
… Obama: “I’m a Democrat...but if a Republican or a Conservative or a Libertarian or a free-marketer has a better idea, I am happy to steal ideas from anybody and in that sense I’m agnostic.”read more| digg story …

The Bulimic Blogger (bulimicblogger.blogspot.com):
… this New Yorker article …

Potato Chipping (potatochipping.blogspot.com):
… The Conciliator …

A World of Logical Consequences (patrick.snajder.net):
… 1994 in film. Myths debunked. Kerouac not as free-spirited as he would have you believe. Why you might never want to travel into the US if you aren't a citizen here. Time is running out! POLITICKING:Obama's profile in The New Yorkeras a liberal mind with a conservative approach. This is not your revolutionary candidate. Taibbi on Obama's rise. W's legacy determined to be obfuscated and hidden, just like his intelligence. Torture got us into this mess in the first place …

Supafamous (www.supafamous.com):
… New Yorker profile of Barack Obama- My vote still goes to Hillary despite the fact that my philosophies are much closer to Barack’s than anyone else’s. I believe in respecting the opinions of others, I don’t believe in being a polemicist and neither does Barack. The problem is …

Gulfstream - Beebo (beebo.org):
… http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/05/07/070507fa_fact_macfarquhar?printable=trueThere’s a lot to like about Barack Obama. (Long Larissa MacFarquhar profile.) …

Memos to Mom (www.memos2mom.com):
… He also refers to the "outstanding New Yorker profile" on Obama by Larissa MacFarquhar. In case you missed it (it's long, like most New Yorker profiles, but worth a read and really reassuring), clickhere. …

Deval Patrick Watch (www.devalpatrickwatch.com):
… Is Sen. Barack Obama a more "appealing" politician than Gov. Patrick?In a recent New Yorker profile, Obama was credibly depicted as a man whose appeal transcends political lines: according to the article, conservatives tend to regard Obama as a man who, while a doctrinaire, standard-issue liberal, is not the sort of person who regards all …

The Problem With Caring.......... (problemwithcaring.blogspot.com):
… The New Yoker has an interesting profile on Barack -- and by "interesting" I mean, adequately worshipful and with enough solemn amounts of starfucking thrown in to warrantproviding a link.It's titled: "The Conciliator" and its about Barack's similarities to Lincoln - specifically, how he models his political aspirations after the man. Historically-speaking, that is a good strategy. Lincoln was probably the most …