Why an economist is unlikely to be President

Good article in the NY Times about the odd couple that is Barack and Larry.

Money quote:

But they are also an odd couple: the serene, slender politician who seems to win people over effortlessly and the impatient, acerbic bear of a man who seems to offend them just as easily.“Barack thinks with his mind open,” said Charles Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard. “Larry thinks with his mouth open.”