"Obama is the New..."

[jefferson_dem]

This is amazing. Obama has been compared to 21 previous presidential nominees. Nate Silver chronicles the comparisons, with links.

Obama is the New...

Bush (43):
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, 7/2/08.
L. Whitey Johnson, 7/10/08.

Kerry:
Steve Schmidt, 6/20/08.
Grover Norquist, 6/26/08.
Frank Newport, 5/7/08.
Hillary Clinton, 4/14/08.

Gore:
Hillary Clinton, 4/14/08.
Hugh Hewitt, 3/30/08.

(Bill) Clinton:
Paul Krugman, 6/30/08.
Abe Greenwald, 1/15/08.
Ron Fournier, 12/18/07.

Dole:
Mark Halperin, 2/28/08.

George H. W. Bush:
David Brooks, 5/19/08.
New York Sun Editorial Board, 4/18/08
YouTube, 4/6/08:

Dukakis:
Susan Estrich, 5/12/08.
Nate Silver, 7/10/08.

Mondale:
Ronald Kessler, 2/27/08.
Dan McLaughlin, 5/30/07.

Reagan:
Andrew Sullivan, 7/24/07.
Darrell M. West, 7/8/08.
Diane Winston, 6/27/08.
David Paul Kuhn, 7/24/07.
E.J. Dionne, 2/29/08
George F. Will, 5/8/08.
Barack Obama, 1/16/08.

Carter:
John McCain, 6/21/08.
Dinesh D'Souza, 6/18/08.
Matthew Continetti, 5/5/08.
Kurt Anderson, 6/16/08.

Ford:
Dennis Byrne, 1/4/07.

Nixon:
Karl Rove, 7/10/08.
James Kirchick, 7/2/07.
John Pitney, 3/4/08.

McGovern:
John Judis, 4/23/08.
Jeralyn, 2/16/08.
New York Sun editorial board, 5/9/08.

Humphrey:
Dr. Violet Socks, 6/5/08.

Johnson:
Rush Limbaugh, 6/10/08.
Jeffrey Lord, 6/10/08.
Michael Crowley, 6/5/08:

Goldwater:
Alfred Regnery, 2/25/08.

Kennedy:
Caroline Kennedy, 1/27/08.
Ted Sorensen, 7/23/07.
William Rees-Mogg, 2/18/08.
Justin Raimondo, 8/3/07.
E.J. Dionne, 4/22/08.

Eisenhower:
Susan Eisenhower, 2/2/08.
Alan W. Dowd, 6/3/08.

Stevenson:
George F. Will, 4/15/08.
Steve Clemons, 11/4/07.
David Greenberg, 11/16/07.
E.J. Dionne, 4/22/08.

Truman:
New York Sun editorial board, 7/2/08.
Chicago Sun-Times, 5/13/07.

Dewey:
East Hartford Gazette, 6/25/08
Voters of New Hampshire, 1/8/08.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/obama-is-new.html

[Runcible Spoon]

1. dupe..

looking for link...

[jefferson_dem]

7. Couldn't find it in GD-P with "New" in the subject line.

:)

No bigee.

[anonymous171]

2. I think Obama will be the new Obama, personally.

[gateley]

3. Obama is the next President. nt

[izzybeans]

4. I used to think that comment that he served as a blank screen on which people projected their own

hopes and fears was a tad fantastical. These days I'm thinking he was just being honest.

[JohnWxy]

5. Obama is Obama. Comparing him to somebody else is to deminish him.

[NattPang]

6. Obama is the new President, or soon shall be.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Bull hockey

I have to agree with Spike Lee. One day we will look at things as being either pre or post Obama.

[rug]

9. ,,,Coke."