While Richard Cohen obviously deserved to be exiled to some distant moon of Saturn, I actually think his "fog of a man"
meant something quite different. What Cohen means is that he doesn't personally know Obama, that Obama has never run in his social circles, that he has never dined on quail at Obama's table. Obama's biography, record, and everything else aside from Newsmax smears, are pretty much irrelevant to Cohen. What Cohen's pissed about is that someone outside his circle, someone he hasn't yet had the opportunity to personally appraise and bless, is succeeding in politics.
