Barack Obama the voice of an American leader /

• Main Author: Price, Joann F.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Obama, Barack > Quotations.; Obama, Barack > Political and social views.; Obama, Barack.; Since 1951; Legislators > Quotations. > United States; Legislators > Quotations. > Illinois; Presidential candidates > Quotations. > United States; Presidents > Quotations, maxims, etc. > Election > 2008 > United States; Racially mixed people > Quotations. > United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Legislative Branch. > Government; Legislators.; Political and social views.; Political science.; Presidential candidates.; Presidents > Election.; Racially mixed people.; Social history.; Electronic books.; United States > Quotations, maxims, etc. > Politics and government > 2001-2009; Illinois > Quotations, maxims, etc. > Politics and government > 1951-; United States > Quotations, maxims, etc. > Social conditions > 1980-; Illinois.; United States.; Quotations.
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By any measure, the 2008 presidential race has been historic. The race has created an enthusiasm and a high degree of interest in politics few have ever seen before. At the center of the race is Barack Obama, the first African American to become the presumptive Democratic nominee. Many Americans agr...

Table of Contents:

• On heritage, marriage, and children
• On community organizing, activism, and on accepting the call to serve
• On Illinois state politics
• On U.S. Senate politics
• On the campaign for the presidency and criticisms of the campaign
• On the issues
• On the youth vote in the 2008 campaign
• On race and on faith.