obama's chutzpah

From a review of David Remnick's new biography of Obama:

You feel you’re getting close to understanding something important when you hear Valerie Jarrett, the President’s confidante and adviser, say of him: “He knows exactly how smart he is…. He’s been bored to death his whole life. He’s just too talented to do what ordinary people do.” Abner Mikva, an early supporter, then a Court of Appeals judge, delivers a similar jolt when he describes his first impression of Obama as a would-be candidate for practically anything: “I thought, this guy has more chutzpah than Dick Tracy.”

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[peter]

Just got the book from the US, Ian. It is fascinating, although Remnick seems to have sourced much of it from already-published sources.