tucker: the last question, you describe yourself as a progressive, as a man of the left. the new york times has attacked your book savagely in a review, and the main problem appeared to be that you criticized st. obama at the end of your book. given that your book has this critical assessment at its end, are you surprised that the left can t deal with that apparently? i think in today s culture and today s politics, unfortunately, we sometimes see partisanship trumping a verb i like trumping professionalism. i m an academic, a scholar, historian. it s sad the new york times gives into partisan fervor, butt i am playing a long game. t i m a scholar. this book will be the authoritative account of barack obama s prepresidential life. i believe for decades to come. tucker: that is without question true, and good for you for doing all the work required to produce it. thank you. w mtv just handed out new acting