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We generally avoid politics at Synthtopia, but Time Magazine’s Joe Klein has penned an interesting take on Obama’s February 24 speech to Congress that’s relevant to synthesis.
In the article, Klein call’s Obama’s speech “A Tonal Masterpiece“, and compares the qualities of recent presidents as synthesizers:
The modern presidency is a vast electronic synthesizer, capable of exhilarating [...]

Over at Salon, Camille Paglia writes that Barack Obama is a synthesizer:
As an Obama supporter, I of course see things quite differently. Whatever his tactical assertions in the primary trenches, Obama seems to have an open and flexible mind. He is a conciliator and synthesizer, ready to give due respect to opposing views — a [...]

I’m starting to lean towards Barack Obama.
Here’s one reason why.
According to Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic, Barack Obama is a synthesizer:
A Synthesizer, Not A Divider
The rather banal view of “bringing people together” is such a cliche and so clumsy a phrase when describing Barack Obama’s history of coalition politics. Jeff Rosen, who seems almost as [...]