His official statement is as follows: *I feel safe speaking of Barack Obama as a revolutionary. He’s got a brilliant analytical mind; a clear, executive control of speech; a kind, open demeanor; a full and complete grasp on the technologies of the day; a photogenic presence and beautiful family; a gift to inspire and involve everyone around him; the ability to lay the groundwork for plans, both big and small, in obvious, common language; a compassionate ear; and the good fortune to have the cultural winds at his back, and the managerial know-how to capitalize on those winds in unprecedented, brilliant ways. All of these are good things, some with more gravity than others, and every politician needs one or two of them to achieve a modicum of success. But to open a national dialog as big and wide as the one we’re in right now requires the whole truckload, in spades, and then some. It takes a leader – and I dress that word in full literal regalia – to show the way forward, to clear the path.*

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