JULY 14 / Barak Obama, machine pol?

Here's a long, well-researched and -written New Yorker profile of Senator Obama's Chicago years. Afterward, if you like him, you'll probably still like him; if you don't, you'll have more reasons.

UPDATE: Here's the New Yorker cover that has the Obama camp all steamed up. More mischief from the Republican attack machine, no doubt.