(да еще и с характерным британским акцентом), обама неожиданно оказывается в одной компании не с идеалистом кеннеди, а с реалистом черчиллем

Learning how far to push, and still carry with you those who love and support you, are basic leadership skills. The influence of a strong, single, suffering mother pushing a first-born son to believe in his own destiny is a powerful image. It’s tempting to interpret the resulting drive to political leadership as a desire – since they can do no more to alleviate their mothers’ situation – to put the whole world to rights, no less.