Everyone today is talking about Obama and MLK, for obvious reasons. I have my own two cents at City of Brass about how Obama is right to de-emphasize the MLK connection, however, in favor of the Founders themselves. After all, whether Obama is the heir to MLK’s legacy, and the emodiment of the Dream, is really a question best answered at the end of Obama’s presidency, not the start. 

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