Sally Quinn: I am impressed by Obama because here’s a black guy who’s finally overcome blackness.
Late Update: Quinn’s larger point is that: “We [i.e., frivolous Washington insiders who haven’t read the numerous articles about who Obama’s advisors are] don’t know who he is. Who are his people? Whom does he surround himself with? Whom does he listen to? Who gives him advice?”
Late Update: TPM Reader AN on Quinn …
Quinn seems to vaguely argue that its appropriate to ask who does Obama surround himself with because of his lack of experience. I don’t buy that’s the reason for her question but in either case the genuine question I have is this: Was Quinn asking the same question in 1999 when George W. Bush was running for President? I mean heck, aside from being a governor of a state where governors have less actual power compared to most states Bush had no other relevant political experience. Obama, on the other hand, was in the Illinois Senate for approximately 7 years prior to being elected to the US Senate.
The answer, I suspect, is no. But AN doesn’t realize that by virtue of family Bush was presumptively surrounded by good people.
