Almost gives you shivers…

I *love* good writing, and this profile of Barak Obama in today's New York Times is a great example of it.

You just know that the author knew this would be his conclusion before he even started. And for good reason. It's a doozy:

“I love when I’m shaking hands on a rope line and”— he mimes the motion, hand over hand — “I see little old white ladies and big burly black guys and Latino girls and all their hands are entwining. They’re feeding on each other as much as on me."

He shrugs; it’s that distancing eye of the author.

“It’s like I’m just the excuse.”