Reading

Obama's "The Audacity of Hope" after finishing his "Dreams from my father". He can write. It seems that he would have been doing good work at some level or other.
P.S. Interesting article in The Guardian (via 3quqrksdaily)Taking Obama as well read. Excerpt:
"If the Obama list is more charged and complicated, that's because it reflects the more charged and complicated image of the man behind it. It speaks of a serious student of American society, a man steeped in race relations and a politician who comes with questions as well as answers.

Ultimately there's something weirdly unapologetic about it. Triangulation be damned. Obama is preaching to the converted, chatting with the fan-base. Those who already have him filed as some dubious leftist egghead will peruse the shelves of this library and have their prejudices set in stone. By the same token, those who see him as the spokesman for a more curious, humane and thoughtful America will come away reassured. Love Obama, love his books."
The Guardian article follows up an article by Laura Miller Barack by the books which among other things discusses both the books by Barack Obama.
P.S.2(July 11)Just finished reading the second book which as expected is more about practical poliyics and not as interesting as the first biik. There are several links to interesting articles about Barack Obama in Wikipedia. The follwing artcles What Makes Obama Run? from 1995 and The Phenomenon from 2006 seem to describe Obama well around the time the two books were written.