Obama calls Kamala Harris 'best-looking:' Accurate, but sexist?

Mike Honda and to state Attorney General Kamala Harris, noting a couple of times that she is, objectively, easy on the eyes. “She's brilliant and she's dedicated, she's tough… She also happens to be, by far, the best looking attorney general…. It'sPresident Barack Obama raised eyebrows in the political world today, praising California's Kamala Harris as America's "best-looking" attorney general. Speaking at a Bay Area fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, the president said thatKamala 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' goodAttorney General Kamala Harris (disclosure: I worked on her 2010 campaign) has always been

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