“I’ve always heard that only the top 10% of students in a law school qualify to be on the law review.”
In the 1970s, because of minority complaints, the Harvard Law Review changed criteria to reflect other considerations besides grades. Obama came along about the time they needed a black. While President, he produced no HLR articles or scholarship. He was just there.
No one knows his standing in any of his college undertakings. He won’t release grades or transcripts, so there is no way of knowing where he stood at Harvard or anywhere else.
One thing is certain - nothing he has said or done as a candidate reveals any smarts. And when he’s off the teleprompter, he shows how shallow his thinking is.
Remeber how we insisted Kerry release his records? Time for Obama to do the same.
How do you explain the magna cum laude graduation from HLS? At Harvard undergraduate, even now, that would put him in at least the top 20% of the class. Undoubtedly any class at HLS does contain a lot of very smart people.
One thing is certain - nothing he has said or done as a candidate reveals any smarts.
1. He said that the Republicans have been the party of ideas in the past few decades.
2. He beat Hillary to the nomination.
I probably haven't listened enough to his off-teleprompter remarks to judge, but in general I think that the idea that he is some sort of Being There moron is wishful thinking. Lots of conservative people who have met him seem to agree that he is a very smart guy.
I agree that it would be very interesting to see his grades. But I don't think McCain would want to follow suit. I'm not sure how Bush and Gore were coaxed to reveal their grades.