Ranting to /dev/null

"New" politics II

Don't believe Obama when he says that most of his money comes from small donors. It's true that a lot of it does, 45% to be exact, and given that that 45% is 45% of over $300 million, that's a huge accomplishment.

But 55% of his money comes from donations that exceed that, particularly highly educated professionals who, as Brooks clearly points out, are as liberal and partisan as they come.

This isn't a new kind of politics. It's the other side of the coin of current politics. It may be different, but it isn't new. So when Obama tells me that he represents a bold new post-partisan future, well, I think that's a bald-faced lie.