The Inauguration Show

Yeah, I’m behind a week, but still . . . . regardless of which side you are on, I think you should listen to last week’s episode of This American Life, called The Inauguration Show.

I thought the best part was Act II — Lions and Lambs.  What Dr. Fisher’s entire interview in that part was very, very good, especially when he talked about Christians having dialog with those they disagreed with.  And the kids reading their letters to now-President Obama was also poignant.

How They Did It

Barack Obama: How He Did It | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com

“I just remember him saying that if he were to do this, he wanted to make sure that it was a different kind of campaign and consistent with his philosophy of ground up rather than top down,”

I just read Part One of Newweeks insider look at the presidential campaign. And you should read it, too!