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The Accidental Tourist Becomes President

Obama's 'cool detachment' is wearing thin

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 4, 2010 1:41 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama is the Macon Leary of politics, writes Michael Gerson. Leary is the buttoned-up central character in Anne Tyler's Accidental Tourist who lives a life of "structure and rationality." Obama's much-ballyhooed "cool detachment" may have been refreshing for a time, but... Read full story »

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