TeamOfRivals

Obama Asks WWLE? (What Would Lincoln Eat?)

Thank God that Doris Kearns Goodwin didn't write a profile of Montezuma's cabinet. Otherwise they'd be eating human flesh at Barack Obama's inauguration!In case you don't follow, the president-elect has shown what you might call a bit of an obsession with Abraham Lincoln, the subject of Goodwin's book Team of Rivals. First he started filling his cabinet with former political opponents-- just like Lincoln. Then he announced he'd be taking the oath of office using Lincoln's Bible.And now he plans to start his presidency with the same meal that Honest Abe ate in 1861...The Inaugural Luncheon is a ...

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