End Of The Obama Affair

The New Republic: The Dem. Candidate And The Press Are Going Through A Break-Up U.S. Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, right, is seen with France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere) (The New Republic) This column was written by Gabriel Sherman. Around midnight on July 16, New York Times chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney received a terse e-mail from Barack Obama's press office. The campaign was irked by the Times' latest poll and Nagourney and Megan Thee's accompanying front-page piece titled "Poll Finds Obama Isn't Closing Divide on Race," which was running in the morning's paper. Nagourney answered the query, the substance of which he says was minor, and went to bed, thinking the matter resolved. But,... [read full story]