Bypass the Bandwagon. This Is What a Real Leader Looks Like

There seems to be a market among a sizable chunk of white America for a nationally successful black politician, thus the Obama boomlet despite the fact that he is a lightweight that brings nothing new to the policy table. Still, it seems that America's craving for a young dynamic black politician to adulate will be around for awhile. So, to see what a real one looks like, bypass the Obama bandwagon and look to Newark, NJ. Check out Steven Malanga's piece in City Journal on Cory Booker. Booker's battle is just beginning and he hasn't achieved anything yet except raising a degree of consciousness over a tragedy of government. Still if he can pull it off, America will actually have that young dynamic black political leader worthy of adulation.

My previous posts on Booker here and here, here, here and here.