Back in January, when Obama was a threat Clinton, Edwards and Biden, the NYT’s Jody Cantor wrote a mild hit piece on him, portraying him as a debating society dilletante. [Yes, the same Jody Cantor how was trawling Facebook trying to hook up with friends of Cindy McCain's kids.] As soon as he seemed to be winning, NYT quickly lost any interest in the O-Man’s past.
In Law School, Obama Found Political Voice
By JODI KANTOR, NYT, January 28, 2007
Surrounded by students who enjoyed the sound of their own voices, Mr. Obama cast himself as an eager listener, sometimes giving warring classmates the impression that he agreed with all of them at once.
Another of Mr. Obama’s techniques relied on his seemingly limitless appetite for hearing the opinions of others, no matter how redundant or extreme. That could lead to endless debates — a mouse infestation at the review office provoked a long exchange about rodent rights — as well as some uncertainty about what Mr. Obama himself thought about the issue at hand.
He told The Associated Press: “I’m not interested in the suburbs. The suburbs bore me.”
