Great New Republic Article on Jim Webb

By: JD
Published On: 6/10/2008 8:52:16 AM

Just in case Lowell overlooked it during the election day excitement, Eva Fairbanks wrote this excellent article in the New Republic.  She explores, and ultimatley dispels the myth of Jim Webb's temper, and instead correctly highlights his appropriately collegial temperament in the Senate.  The article further discusses Jim Webb's unique political and social philosophy, concluding that Senator Webb would complement Senator Obama very well.

My favorite part:  

Webb is supposed to be Obama's opposite: the angry white politician to Obama's mild-mannered black one.  But, oddly, Webb has something fundamental in common with Obama.  Both men felt ill at ease at elite schools, leading them to embark on quests to rediscover their ethnic identities in their twenties.  Both deepened these discoveries through writing.  And both came to their identities as outsiders - as admiring anthroplogists of the identity rather than people for whom the identity was organic from birth.  This explains why Webb can celebrate anger without succumbing to it.

Comments



Accolades for TNR's Eve Fairbanks (cycle12 - 6/10/2008 9:38:06 AM)
JD:  Thanks for the additional accolades for The New Republic Associate Editor Eve Fairbanks.

Please check out last Friday's RK diary about the same subject at this link:

http://raisingkaine.com/showDi...

Thanks again!

Steve



oops (JD - 6/10/2008 9:53:37 AM)
sorry to be redundant!


No problem whatseover! (cycle12 - 6/10/2008 2:28:15 PM)
Glad to see that Eve Fairbanks' article on Jim Webb is resonating so well throughout the blogosphere...

Thanks!

Steve