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 In remarks today, President Obama described California Attorney General Kamala Harris “as by far, the best looking attorney general.” Now, he had also described her as “brilliant,” “dedicated,” and “tough,” but … no. 
  
 For those who don’t see the problem here, the degree to which women are judged by their appearance remains an important hurdle to gender equality in the workforce. Women have a hard time being judged purely on their merits. Discussing their appearance in the context of evaluating their job performance makes it worse. 
  
 It’s not a compliment. And for a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he’s setting here is disgraceful. ||||| President Obama reopened the debate Thursday over whether his administration is too influenced by men after praising the looks of Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general and a possible future gubernatorial candidate. 
  
 “You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you’d want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” Obama said at a party fundraiser in Atherton, Calif., a wealthy suburb of San Francisco. “She also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country.” 
  
 As the crowd laughed, Obama added, “It’s true! C’mon.” 
  
 Obama’s remarks during a fundraising trip to the Bay Area buzzed through Twitter and other social media, where reaction ranged from appalled to leave-the-guy-alone. He made the comment at a garden party fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in the home of Levi Strauss heir John Goldman and his wife, Marcia Goldman. 
  
 Since early in his first term, Obama has been accused of running a West Wing dominated by men, many of whom he has known for years. 
  
 Female staff members complained internally about the macho feel of the West Wing in his first term, and Obama reportedly took their concerns seriously. 
  
 In his book “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President,” the writer Ron Suskind quoted former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn as saying the West Wing “would be in court for a hostile workplace.” 
  
 “Because it actually fit all of the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women,” Dunn was quoted as saying. 
  
 She later said Obama, after being told of the women’s concerns, addressed them. 
  
 But Obama’s early selection of men to fill key Cabinet positions in his second-term administration revived the criticism. 
  
 Obama has since nominated several women to his Cabinet, and some of his female advisers say the portrayal of the White House as a place run by men is inaccurate given how many women occupy its senior ranks. 
  
 “When people say it’s a boys’ club, it’s a little insulting to the women who are actually playing very critical roles,” Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s senior and most influential advisers, said Wednesday at a“Women of Washington” event sponsored by The Atlantic, according to a report in the Washington Times. 
  
 “You may not see them on television as much, but that doesn’t mean you should underestimate the impact they have and the influence they have with the president,” Jarrett said. 
  
 Discuss this topic and other political issues in the politics discussion forums. ||||| Ohio’s Mike DeWine, Alabama’s Luther Strange and Georgia’s Sam Olens, eat your hearts out: President Barack Obama thinks California’s Kamala Harris is the belle of the ball among the nation’s top government lawyers. 
  
 “She’s brilliant and she’s dedicated, she’s tough … She also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general,” Obama said at a Democratic National Committee luncheon in Atherton, Calif., Thursday. “It’s true! C’mon.” 
  
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 Obama’s remark set the chattering class atwitter. 
  
 (Also on POLITICO: Obama calls Harris 'best looking' AG) 
  
 Certainly, Obama meant no insult, but in singling out Harris for her looks, Obama joins a long list of public figures who just can’t seem to let an attractive woman’s looks go without comment. 
  
 In 2011, FOX News Chief Roger Ailes told the Associated Press that he hired Palin because “she was hot and got ratings.” 
  
 Last year, Republican attorney general candidate David Freed said Democratic opponent Kathleen Kane’s strengths were that she’s “pretty and has a lot of money,” according to Pennsylvania’s Daily Review. 
  
 A spokesman for Harris’s office said she was traveling and unavailable for comment. 
  
 The White House did not respond to a request for comment. 
  
 The comment jolted the political world’s central nervous system. 
  
 Buzzfeed popped up a list of the dozen hottest male attorneys general, headed up by Delaware’s Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden. (The elder Biden’s sex appeal with the sun-setting set has been noted by POLITICO before.) 
  
 S.E. Cupp, a conservative woman who co-hosts MSNBC’s The Cycle, called Obama’s remark “unsettling” in a Tweet. 
  
 Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine went further in a quick post on the publication’s Website. 
  
 “For those who don’t see a problem here, the degree to which women are judged by their appearance remains an important hurdle to gender equality in the workforce,” Chait wrote. “It’s not a compliment. And for a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he’s setting here is disgraceful.” 
  
 Without a doubt, Obama’s subject matter seemed more suited to the pages of Maxim magazine – which has actually published a list of the world’s hottest female politicians – than a political event. 
  
 But some of his supporters shrugged it off. ||||| Let’s just get it out on the table: 
  
 California, quite simply, has freakishly good-looking elected officials. Between the stunning Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris and the gorgeous Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, this, as they say, is the objective truth. 
  
 I’d like to think that’s what President Obama was getting at today when, according to a transcript provided by the White House, he referred to Harris’ good looks when he introduced her at an Atherton fundraiser at the home of philanthropist John Goldman, a Levi Strauss heir, and his wife Marcia: 
  
 “You have to be careful to, first of all, say she is brilliant and she is dedicated and she is tough, and she is exactly what you'd want in anybody who is administering the law, and making sure that everybody is getting a fair shake,” said Obama. “She also happens to be by far the best-looking attorney general in the country -- Kamala Harris is here. (Applause.) It's true. Come on. (Laughter.) And she is a great friend and has just been a great supporter for many, many years.” 
  
 Does merely stating the obvious make the president sexist? More wolfish than sexist, I’d say. And this may be a little problem he needs to work on. 
  
 As Arlette Saenz of ABC News pointed out, Obama got into some hot water a while back when he addressed a reporter as “sweetie.” That was obnoxious, and demeaning, and Obama rightfully apologized. In 2008, he told Hillary Clinton she was “likeable enough” during one of the primary debates, which turned off God knows how many women, who heard the smug judgment of an arrogant upstart. 
  
 But still. 
  
 Let’s not pretend that physical beauty is not a bonus in politics, particularly for women, who then walk a fine line between wanting to be found attractive and not wanting to be judged on looks. 
  
 The Obamas have benefited immensely from their cool beauty. Likewise, the Romneys benefited from their classic good looks. The rewards of beauty, we all know, can be plentiful, especially when combined with superior brains and ambition. 
  
 I’ve always said, if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is frankly gorgeous, had looked like Margaret Thatcher, no one would have given a rip what she had to say, let alone put her on a presidential ticket. 
  
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President Obama has been criticized for making his second-term Cabinet too much of a boys' club, and a comment he made yesterday only served to resurrect the debate, reports the Washington Post. After praising the legal abilities of California Attorney General Kamala Harris while at a fundraiser in the state, he added that she "also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general in the country." To laughs, he continued, "It’s true! C'mon." The Post notes that social media immediately hopped on the comment, with reactions running the gamut from "appalled to leave-the-guy-alone." What the press had to say: Robin Abcarian for the Los Angeles Times: "Does merely stating the obvious make the president sexist? More wolfish than sexist, I’d say. And this may be a little problem he needs to work on." Jonathan Chait for New York Mag, in a piece titled "Obama in Need of Gender-Sensitivity Training": "Women have a hard time being judged purely on their merits. Discussing their appearance in the context of evaluating their job performance makes it worse. ... For a president who has become a cultural model for many of his supporters in so many other ways, the example he's setting here is disgraceful." Jonathan Allen for Politico: "Without a doubt, Obama’s subject matter seemed more suited to the pages of Maxim magazine—which has actually published a list of the world’s hottest female politicians—than a political event."