Party Like It’s 1928
On the theme of Barack Obama as the candidate of optimism, John Judis’ perennial pessimism about his chances in a general election is a useful corrective. In this edition, he breaks new ground by comparing Obama not to McGovern or Carter, but to Al Smith’s doomed 1928 presidential run. Racism is supposed to be the 2008 version of the anti-Catholicism of 80 years ago.