The Courtship
In the spring of 2005, New York Times columnist David Brooks arrived at then-Senator Barack Obama’s office for a chat. Brooks, a conservative writer who joined the Times in 2003 from The Weekly Standard, had never met Obama before. But, as they chewed over the finer points of Edmund Burke, it didn’t take long for the two men to click. “I don’t want to sound like I’m bragging,” Brooks recently told me, “but usually when I talk to senators, ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via New Republic , Memeorandum
Really enjoyed the piece, but a bit of a background "gossip" piece for those interested in the Washington behind-the-scenes power players.