"By behaving in the manner in which he behaved... he exposed, he pulled off the covers, of the tyrannical inclinations that lie at the heart of the administrative state - and people saw it. They saw it before their political leaders saw it."That is Paul Rahe, of Hillsdale College and Ricochet on the historical significance of Barack Obama. And no, I do not think it is too early at all to pronounce on Obama's historical importance. That might just be the single best segment of interview I have ever seen on Peter Robinson's show.
I like Ricochet, particularly Claire Berlinski, but I will certainly have to read Paul Rahe's book.
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