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Prophets of the Marginal Revolution, a continuing series
Guest blogger Fabio Rojas on Barack Obama, circa 2004. I remember reading that post and thinking: "Fabio is a great guest blogger, but who cares about that guy?"
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 7, 2008 at 10:11 PM in Political Science | Permalink
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maybe if you can collate info on how much adsense (or whichever advertising tool you use) pays you every month, and maybe plot a time series, you can have a post titled "PROFITS of the Marginal Revolution, a continuing series"
Posted by: Karthik at Jan 7, 2008 11:36:29 PM
Obama reminds me of Tiger Woods.
Posted by: thehova at Jan 8, 2008 12:49:12 AM
Obama reminds me of Tiger Woods.
But before he had won anything but one uncontested amateur title?
Posted by: Sideways at Jan 8, 2008 1:55:39 AM
Obama reminds me of Tiger Woods.
But before he had won anything but one uncontested amateur title?
Posted by: Sideways at Jan 8, 2008 1:57:02 AM
"But before he had won anything but one uncontested amateur title?"
Yes, exactly. When Tiger was 16, Jack Nickolaus and Arnold Palmer claimed Tiger would win the most major championships (and that will be true).
Likewise, there's something inevitable about Obama's rise (to borrow a previous Clinton memo point).
Both Tiger and Obama are, to some degree, criticized by the African American community as "not being black enough" (of course, I find this as crude and ultimately ugly).
Posted by: thehova at Jan 8, 2008 3:04:47 AM
In November 2004, I predicted that the 2016 presidential race would be Barack Obama vs. Bobby Jindal. I was off as to the year that Obama would make his first run (although a 2016 run could still easily happen if someone else has two 4-year terms in the interim). It remains to be seen what Jindal will do, but he's building the necessary resume (having become governor of Louisiana).
Posted by: Stuart Buck at Jan 8, 2008 11:44:51 AM
You didn't exactly need to be clairvoyant to see Obama's rise. The DNC wanted him to do well. See him front and cenetr at 2004 DNC convention. He's young, handome, personable, a good speaker, AND Black. I was with Fabio on this in 04. Not sure why you weren't.
Posted by: NotClairvoyant at Jan 8, 2008 12:22:47 PM
