Robert Schlesinger

8 Books For Barack Obama

December 17, 2008 RSS Feed Print

By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.

If you haven't seen it, noted presidential scholar Stephen Hess (who got his start as a speechwriter for Dwight D. Eisenhower) has a new book out, aimed at Barack Obama but shared with the rest of us: What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect. Why am I shamelessly plugging someone else's book? Because he graciously plugs mine: According to Washingtonian, Hess lists White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters among eight books the incoming chief executive should read.

I'm unhappy to report that Obama has not yet been spotted reading either What Do We Do Now or White House Ghosts. Maybe they're on his Christmas list?

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Imagine how we feel that the President-elect has not been seen either with Path to The White House.

If ever there was a poetry book the President–elect should read it is Path To The White House by Khaidji, also by a West Indian poet. This Bajan Poet creatively crafts acrostics which records the campaign trail and covers some of the more topical issues from the Primaries to General Election. There is a moving Birthday wish to Barack Obama and tributes to “Toot” and Tim Russert. The last two poems are congratulatory.

All the poems in this hard cover 240 pages book are acrostics and are all based on the political race from a different perspective. Anyone can enjoy the nostalgia as these poems reminisce on what is now one of the greatest times in American History but based on the fact that Khaidji is Barbadian (remember Eric Holder and Rihanna are Bajans too), Barack Obama is loved throughout the world. I got my copy of Path To The White House by Khaidji from BajanBook.com and highly recommend it to everyone

Lots of talent comes from out of the West Indies and clearly Bajan Poet Khaidji is no exception.

Bajan Poetry 12:17PM January 05, 2009

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger

Robert Schlesinger is managing editor for opinion at U.S. News and World Report, overseeing all opinion editorial content. He is the author of White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. E-mail him at rschlesinger@usnews.com. Follow him on Twitter: @rschles.

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