Lincoln and Obama

The Presidential campaign and the inauguration were alive with reference to the Lincoln legacy. The train trip retracing Lincoln's journey to Washington, the rhetorical references, and the constant comparison in the press between Lincoln and Obama. In the days leading up to the election, the First Family even made a nighttime visit to the Lincoln Memorial, an act that seemed to solidify the link between the two men from Illinois. In the New York Times, Henry Louis Gates and John Stauffer offer an interesting op-ed speculating on what Lincoln might think about a black president. Interesting and thought-provoking.