What HBO's Girls can teach Obama and Romney

The buzzy new show about twenty-somethings struggling with life and love in New York City isn't overtly political. But it still holds plenty of political lessons

Dana Liebelson

What, exactly, is the popular new HBO show Girls about? At face value, a bright idealist named Hannah (played by the show's creator Lena Dunham) who's unprepared to deal with a crappy job market, and who also might be seen as a spoiled, smart WASP who can't relate to 99 percent of America.

But my view? Girls is about the 2012 presidential election.

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Dana Liebelson is a reporter for Mother Jones. A graduate of George Washington University, she has worked for a variety of advocacy organizations in the District, including the Project on Government Oversight, International Center for Journalists, Rethink Media, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Change.org. She speaks Mandarin and German and plays violin in the D.C.-based Indie rock band Bellflur.