Another very serious policy-related blog post (about Tyra Banks)

You know what we really haven't had enough of in recent days? Insubstantial yet strangely compelling weirdness at the intersection of politics and celebrity. In order to redress the balance, here's Tyra Banks, of America's Next Top Model fame, appearing as Michelle Obama in a photoshoot for Harper's Bazaar. Click the link for more shots of the Pretend Obamas at work, at play, and in bed. If you tend to think that such glossy-magazine frivolity is beneath you, just tell yourself you're taking a sociological interest in the concept of celebrity itself, or something. Whatever makes you feel better. (Alternatively, discuss the following question: how nervous must all this stuff be making the Obama campaign?)