I’ve long known OF this series and once accidentally stumbled across a day-long marathon of this first season, in medias res, back when I still bothered with cable. I had it at the back of my mind (rather a crowded place) as something to check out someday. Then Barack Obama got elected! I then decided it would be a very interesting thing to watch this first season, which I recalled involved a somewhat embattled black presidential candididate, in the light of this historic election. And so it is. I’m only midway through the first season on Netflix right now, but am fascinated by the show both on its own merits and as a lens through which to view what could have been. If nothing else, it may be an argument that “experience” isn’t always the most desirable thing to look for in a leader of the free world.