Published 12/2/2008
by Christopher Beam
at Slate Magazine - Politics
Barack Obama's first job as president-elect: to make people forget the campaign. More specifically, to make people forget all the mean things he said about his soon-to-be colleagues. More specifically still, to make people forget some, but not all, of the things he said. And to make sure people understand the context of the things they do remember. [ more ... ]
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