Behind the Scenes, Obama Never Left

Behind the Scenes, Obama Never Left
Former president Barack Obama's new book in a bookstore in Washington on Nov. 17, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Lee Smith
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Commentary

The publication of Barack Obama’s new memoir was timed to carry the news cycle, regardless of the election’s outcome. The opinions expressed in “A Promised Land”—on America, race, Donald Trump, and so on—are more vivid than anything Democratic candidate Joe Biden has said in his last year of campaigning.

Lee Smith
Lee Smith
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Lee Smith is a veteran journalist whose work appears in Real Clear Investigations, the Federalist, and Tablet. He is the author of “The Permanent Coup” and “The Plot Against the President.”
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