Barack in the Ballroom: Columbia Journalism Review
Friday, January 23, 2009 at 9:57AM Watching coverage of the inaugural balls Tuesday night was at times like eavesdropping on a table of gushing bridesmaids at a wedding. “I was struck when they did something that I remember from high school, which is the two arms around the neck and two arms around the waist and sort of swaying side to side,” former Wonkette Ana Marie Cox told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “And I think that’s a sign that it’s a very happy marriage.They are literally behaving like teenagers in love.”
To which Maddow responded, “I know this not the most momentous news of the day, but our new president is a good dancer.” more


















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