Obama’s West Wing inspiration

Here is an intriguing story from today’s Guardian. Apparently the current Democratic frontrunner was the inspiration for the Mathew Santos character in the last series of the fictional West Wing drama.

Jonathan Freedland writes that:

“Devotees of the West Wing have been talking about it for weeks: the uncanny similarity between the fictional presidential contest that dominated the final seasons of the acclaimed TV show and the real-life drama of this year’s election.

Both the real and imagined campaigns have centred on a young, charismatic candidate from an ethnic minority, daring to take on an establishment workhorse with a promise to transcend race and heal America’s partisan divide.

But there’s a twist.”

Read more here: Obama as Santos?