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Revising Obama

Revisionist interpretations of the Obama phenomenon are already appearing ... even before there is an Obama administration.

ÜberBlogger Glenn Reynolds points to a Washington Post article today proclaiming that Obama?s ?Not Black,? and observes:

Hmm. Gates reappointed at Defense, an Iraq-Hawk Secretary of State, keeping the tax cuts, and now the next President turns out not to be black ? hey, they told me if I voted for McCain we?d get a third term for Bush, and I guess they were right!

Elsewhere he points to a Los Angeles Times blog discussion of a new report from the Campaign Finance Institute revealing that ?Obama?s small donor base image is a myth.?

Everybody knows how President-elect Barack Obama?s amazing campaign money machine was dominated by several million regular folks sending in hard-earned amounts under $200, a real sign of his broadbased grassroots support.

Except, it turns out, that?s not really true.

In fact, Obama?s base of small donors was almost exactly the same percent as George W. Bush?s in 2004 -- Obama had 26% and the great Republican satan 25%. Obviously, this is unacceptable to current popular thinking.

If this sort of analysis continues, pretty soon Tom Friedman and the New York Times will be giving Obama credit for victory in Iraq.

Oh, wait.

Full post as published by Discriminations on November 30, 2008 (boomark / email).