Barack Obama

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The Race is On
You’re damn right the race is on! And check this: even conservative opinion columnist George Will is pulling for Obama. Here, Mr. Will is offering four solid reasons (one which boils down to: “Don’t be such a tease, Barack!”) as to why Senator Obama should not only run in 2008, but win the whole ballgame.
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If any of you young political junkies out there are wondering how potential presidential candidate Barack Obama might do in the oh-so-important Iowa caucuses (the first electoral hurdle for every presidential candidate), here’s a reliable prediction: EXTREMELY WELL. That’s right. Though he was born in Hawaii and lived for a few years in Indonesia, he’s a Midwesterner at heart. His mother was born in Kansas and he has since settled in Chicago. So when Iowans go to see him speak, they may see him as very different from presidential candidates they have observed in the past (as an African-American), but they will hear a Midwesterner. Someone who sounds like them and lives as they do. And that is a recipe for winning him some votes. Maybe.
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If you ever watch anything by or about Barack Obama, watch this speech. He takes the time to write his own speeches (an increasing rarity among high-profile politicians), so you can take the time to listen. This speech lit the rocket underneath his semi-famous heinie back in 2004 and began his ascent into the political stratosphere. His personal story interwoven with a narrative about reclaiming the promise of the American dream.
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Candidate At a Glance

Name:	Barack Obama
Age:	45
Hometown:	Chicago, IL
Education:	BA Columbia University, JD Harvard Law School
Marital Status:	Married
Children:	Two
Political Party:	Democratic
Current Job:	Senator, Illinois

Websites of Interest:

•	Obama Senate Site
•	Campaign Site
•	Students for Barack Obama
•	Run Obama
•	Wikipedia

Contributors: Paul Perry, American University '07;
Mike Simmons, Amherst College '06