Fred Astaire or the “It” girl?
George Will says Fred Astaire:
Nimble and graceful Barack Obama became the Democrats’ Fred Astaire, adored because of, well, perhaps the way he wears his hat, the way he sips his tea. And the way he isn’t Hillary.
We think he’s maybe today’s Clara Bow.
December 10th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Also from Will’s column: Great moments in government: The Florida woman who wounded with a shotgun the alligator that entered her house and attacked her golden retriever was given a warning citation for hunting without a permit.
And Lord knows what’s happening to the poor devils who presumed to deal with the flying imams.
Back to Obama. There’s a first time for everything, but iirc it is, or used to be, traditional that a successful keynote address gets the speaker touted as presidential material–and traditional that nothing comes of the touting.