I dwell on this in full on the podunkian blog, but for those that are US political junkies, here’s an interesting article from The New Yorker…
It has gained an awful lot of attention due to the controversial cover art on the magazine cover, which is resulting in the Obama camp calling foul on the portrayal of the candidate and his wife.
The article itself is pretty good, it’s a fairly in depth examination of his political career through the streets of Chicago and on to Washington.
She was married to Obama’s opponent in the 2004 Illinois senate race – Jack Ryan. The leaking of their divorce details forced him to drop out of the race, crushing any hope the Republicans had of winning.