The Washington Independent has an interesting commentary by Ben Joravsky, a local Chicago journalist, about the remarkably similar parallel political between two seemingly dissimilar pols - Senator Obama and President Truman. In a nutshell he describes how both of them were products of good old fashion Democratic machines. Truman owed much of his political success to the notorious Kansas City mayor, "Boss Tom"
Pendergast. Obama from the less notorious (and probably less corrupt) Daley machine in Chicago.
Heends his piece on a hopeful note:
What everyone is hoping is that once in the White House, Obama, like Truman, will have the courage to stand up for what he believes. Presumably, his alliance with Daley is the price Obama paid for the right to be in a position to achieve national health care. Something even Truman couldn't pull off.
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The Washington Independent has an interesting commentary by Ben Joravsky, a local Chicago journalist, about the remarkably similar parallel political between two seemingly dissimilar pols - Senator Obama and President Truman. In a nutshell he describes how both of them were products of good old fashion Democratic machines. Truman owed much of his political success to the notorious Kansas City mayor, "Boss Tom" Pendergast. Obama from the less notorious (and probably less corrupt) Daley machine in Chicago.
Heends his piece on a hopeful note: