The thing that interests me about a possible Obama presedency is that it would reveal the extent to which the role of President is a pre-scripted effect of a system of advisors, handlers, experts, conventions, and so forth.

That he ‘moves to the center’ during the campaign wouldn’t bother me. But – if this brilliant black man with a background in working on inner city poverty does not substantially challenge the right-wing orientation of the state, it will prove that we’re voting for the same guy everytime, no matter what. (And – that Ralph Nader, while a figure of fun, is basically right.)