Getting 'Real'

The media, and maybe the public, is in a quest for "realness" in its presidential candidates.

by William Powers

Sat. Apr. 5, 2008


I was trawling around Google News when my eye fell on a headline that seemed to capture the essence of the American political game right now, as filtered through the media: "Obama's 'Realness' Excites Crowds in Penn-sylvania."

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