Sorry about the recent lack of posts. I'm deep within the final period at this point and have had lots of studying to do. Luckily the light at the end of the tunnel is beginning to show and I should be completely done by tomorrow around 10:30 or 11:00 am.
My friend Jonathan sent me a link the other day of some findings from the Pew Research Center, based relatively close to Georgetown, on L st. in Foggy Bottom. These findings looked at the top 20 words used to describe Barack Obama, noting the frequency at which they were used at the beginning of his campaigning in September 2007 versus the frequency that they were used to describe him in April 2009.
I thought it was a pretty interesting picture of how feelings about the kind of president he would be have changed. For example, more people have said that he is "good" and "intelligent", yet while less people have called him out for being "inexperienced", less people are calling him "charismatic" or "hopeful".
Anyways, it is an interesting piece so check it out for yourself. Frankly, I would like to see the same kind of research done for Michelle Obama. Back during the beginning of President Obama's campaign, Michelle was being characterized by conservative pundits and media outlets as an unpatriotic, black pather-esque radical and depicted by magazines in an afro (as though unrelaxed hair is synonymous with a hatred for America or a supposed White America), camo and a AK-47 slung over her back. Now she has transformed into one of the most popular and prominent figures in Obama's administration. What do the people have to say about her now?
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