An hour and a half with Barack Obama.

Marc Andreessen is one of Netscape's co-founders and he recently wrote about an hour and a half that he had in early 2007 with Barack Obama, here (tip to Sullivan). "With most politicians, their curiosity ends once they find out how much money you can raise for them. Not so with Senator Obama -- this is a normal guy....But it's also apparent when you interact with him that you're dealing with one of the intellectually smartest national politicians in recent times...Put the primary campaign speeches aside; take a look at his policy positions on any number of issues and what strikes you is how reasonable, moderate, and thoughtful they are...He's a post-Boomer." You should also read his description of Obama's answers to his "experience" and "foreign policy" questions.