Obama-Rama VII (This Goes Past Eleven)

It's been awhile, so here is another round-up of Barack Obama-related articles:

Michael Lind in Salon looks at class divisions in the Democratic Party.

In The New York Review of Books, Garry Wills compares Obama's speech on race and Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union address.

Edward McClelland in Salon traces Hillary Clinton's evolution from Republican to Democrat to John McCain surrogate.

Amanda Ripley in Time profiles Obama's mother, Stanley Ann.

In the Los Angeles Times, Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein ponder if Obama's campaign will mark an advance for "libertarian paternalism."

Kelefa Sanneh in The New Yorker explores the theological background of Trinity United Church of Christ.

Lawrence Korb and Ian Moss in the Chicago Tribune provide biographical context to the life of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

In The American Prospect, Robert Kuttner praises Obama's understanding of economic policy.

In The New Republic, David Greenberg accuses Obama supporters of "doughface liberalism."

In The New Republic, Doug Kendall asks Obama to emphasize the post-Civil War amendments to the Constitution.

Karl Manheim and Jamie Court criticize proposed health-insurance mandates in The Christian Science Monitor.

George Packer in The New Yorker analyzes Obama's historic speech on race, as do Janny Scott and Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times.

Robin Toner in the International Herald Tribune explains Obama's goal of a new governing majority.

Peggy Orenstein in The New York Times considers the larger meaning of Obama's biracial background.