{"id":738,"date":"2008-11-11T03:58:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T08:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/2008\/11\/11\/matthew-yglesias-%c2%bb-life-imitates-art-imitating-life\/"},"modified":"2008-11-11T03:58:59","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T08:58:59","slug":"matthew-yglesias-life-imitates-art-imitating-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/11\/matthew-yglesias-life-imitates-art-imitating-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Yglesias \u00bb Life Imitates Art Imitating Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-click\">\n<figure style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daylife.com\/image\/0cqrgGoerM4wN\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 07:  President-elect Barack...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/0cqrgGoerM4wN\/150x88.jpg?resize=150%2C88\" alt=\"CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 07:  President-elect Barack...\" width=\"150\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Getty Images via Daylife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>nice to know though it was in president Bartlett&#8217;s term and not in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Matt Santos\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Santos\">Matt Santos<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Life Imitates Art Imitating Life<\/em><br \/>\n<em>From reader AB:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1998: <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Josh Lyman\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josh_Lyman\">Josh Lyman<\/a> is modeled after <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Rahm Emanuel\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rahm_Emanuel\">Rahm Emanuel<\/a>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2004: Matt Santos is modeled after <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Barack Obama\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/obama.senate.gov\">Barack Obama<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>2006: Matt Santos wins the presidency, and appoints Josh Lyman his Chief of Staff<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2008: Barack Obama wins the presidency, and appoints Rahm his Chief of Staff.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>In the art version we got a comprehensive Israel-Palestine peace agreement, so that\u2019s something to look forward to in the future.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.thinkprogress.org\/archives\/2008\/11\/life_imitates_art_imitating_life.php\">Matthew Yglesias \u00bb Life Imitates Art Imitating Life<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\"><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles by Zemanta<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/althouse.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/jonathan-cohn-says-barack-obama-ought.html\">Jonathan Cohn says Barack Obama ought to model himself after George W. 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