November 15, 2008 – 11:19 pm
A few great quotes from another New Yorker article:
Obama, who is not without an ego, regarded himself as just as gifted as his top strategists in the art and practice of politics. Patrick Gaspard, the campaign’s political director, said that when, in early 2007, he interviewed for a job with Obama and Plouffe, Obama said [...]
September 5, 2007 – 8:42 pm
My girlfriend Jenny is a wonderful poet. When I read her poems, I see images and I think thoughts, the majority of which are dual-parted: “Is that supposed to be real or a metaphor?/ I don’t understand poetry.” And then about half the time, I’m reminded that I don’t understand crossword puzzles [...]