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Kirkand and Ellis Professor of Law David B. Wilkins, who knew both Obama and his wife Michelle when they were at the Law School, said yesterday that he wasn’t surprised Obama didn’t mention his Harvard background in his address...
...Most politicians who have Harvard in their background, well, let’s just say that they approach their relationship in their speeches with caution,” Wilkins said. “It is the kind of thing that always gets mentioned by the press, but not by the candidate...
...He’s extremely smart,” Wilkins said. “I was talking to Larry Tribe the other day, for whom Obama was a research assistant. Tribe had a mathematical background in college, but when they worked together on a paper on the theoretical application of mathematics to law, Larry said he was blown away by Barack’s theoretical intelligence...
...though Obama saw his father only once during his childhood—he visited when Obama was 10 years old—he wrote a memoir about the father he never knew, entitled “Dreams From My Father,” in which he discusses his hybrid background and his teenage experimentation with marijuana and cocaine...
That is set to change. The N.R.A. claims Kerry has voted against its positions 51 out of 55 times. He has supported banning assault weapons and armor-piercing bullets, requiring background checks at gun shows and regulating gun sales over the Internet. "John Kerry hasn't fought for gun owners' rights once in 25 years," asserts N.R.A. executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, who says the group will attack Kerry's record in TV spots that will begin airing this week in Washington and other large markets. The tag line: "How can you keep a straight face and talk...