Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way.

By artappraiser on Thu, 05/04/2017 - 5:41am |

A massive new biography (by Pulitzer-winner David J. Garrow) sheds light on the relationships, sacrifices and calculations that enabled the Obama presidency.

Book review by Carlos Lozada @ The Washington Post, May 2. The money quote from the article:

[.....] Garrow, who received a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Martin Luther King Jr., concludes this massive new work with a damning verdict on Obama’s determination: “While the crucible of self-creation had produced an ironclad will, the vessel was hollow at its core.” [....]

URL:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/05/02/before-michelle-barack-obama-asked-another-woman-to-marry-him-then-politics-got-in-the-way/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.4c1f255efa74