I like David Brooks. I read him regularly. But lately he’s been struggling to find something to say that is as meaningful as even his most uninspired work. In his most recent column he takes Obama to task for being a good politician. I understand and will be the first to admit that there is a degree of hypocrisy in Obama’s anti-politics politics, but David Brooks is certainly savvy enough to understand that any candidate at this level will engage in politics as they have been defined to this point. You could write column after column dissecting the hypocrisy of ANY political candidate. There are substantive issues between John McCain and Barack Obama that deserve attention such as the offshore drilling issue that was raised very recently.
A lot of the media will focus on the bullshit. I expect more from David Brooks