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The biography of America s hottest political superstar -- Barack Obama-- from a journalist who has been covering his career since his successful run for U.S. Senate.

David Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of his campaign for the Senate and as a result enjoys far-reaching access to the new Senator--both his professional and personal life. He uses this access to paint a very intimate portrait of Obama and his life pre and post Senate, including Obama s new status as a sex symbol now that going into a crowd to shake hands with constituents carries the added concern of being groped by women, and the toll this has had on his marriage. Mendell also describes the dirty tactics sanctioned by Obama--who has steeped his image and reputation on the ideals of clean politics and good government--to win his Senate seat by employing David Axelrod, a Chicago-based political consultant (consultant to the John Edwards s campaign) with what the author describes as an appetite for the Big Kill.

Mendell also positions Barack Obama as in fact the Savior of a fumbling Democratic party, who is potentially orchestrating a career in Senate to guarantee him at the very least a vice presidential nod, if not a nod for the top job in 2008. The dream ticket would be Hilary Clinton-Barack Obama given his reception at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Because he enjoys popularity among Whites (particularly suburban White women) and Blacks, it might not be such a far-fetched idea.

Acknowledgments

1 The Ascent

2 Dreams from His Mother

3 Just Call Me Barry

4 The Mainland

5 The Organizer

6 Harvard

7 Sweet Home Chicago

8 Politics

9 The Legislator

10 The New Rochelle Train

11 The Candidate

12 The Consultant

13 The Race Factor

14 The Real Deal

15 Hull on Wheels

16 The Small Screen

17 A Victory Lap

18 A Dash to the Center

19 The Ryan Files

20 The Speech

21 Back to Illinois

22 The Senator

23 South Africa

24 Nairobi

25 Siaya:A Father's Home

26 LeBron Revisited

Notes

　　David Mendell, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, began writing about urban issues and politics for the Chicago Tribune in 1998. Over his eight-year tenure at the Tribune, Mendell also has covered breaking national news, including the Columbine High School

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书籍介绍

The biography of America's hottest political superstar, Barack Obama—a man poised on the threshold of greatness.

Barack Obama's meteoric rise from Hawaii high schooler to exemplary Harvard Law School student to well-groomed politico to history-making presidential candidate is the stuff of legend. Since his headline-grabbing speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has come to represent the promise of unity among groups of all types of Americans—blacks and whites; Democrats, Republicans, and moderates; the young and the old; the upper, middle, and lower classes.

Veteran Chicago Tribune journalist David Mendell has covered Obama since the beginning of the candidate's campaign for the Senate. In Obama: From Promise to Power, the author offers a revealing, detailed portrait based on intensive research and exclusive interviews with Obama's closest aides, mentors, political adversaries, and family—most notably his charismatic wife, Michelle. It is an eye-opening look at the evolution of a brilliant politician whose name has become a catchphrase for hope in a politically jaded society.