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12:08 PM, Nov 5, 2008 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

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Todd Gitlin on Barack Obama's 2008 victory party in Chicago's Grant Park, where student protests turned violent during the Democratic National Convention 40 years ago:

"He stands on the shoulders of the crowds of four decades ago," Mr. Gitlin said. "His rebellion takes the form of practicality. He has the audacity of reason."

The first person to decipher Gitlin gets a pat on the back.

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