President Barack Obama
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Barack Obama's "improbable quest" has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward "a more perfect union," Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama's political career through his move into the White House. With his critical journalistic eye and his sympathetic "native son" perspective, Wilson shows us a side of Obama we haven't seen as well as a view of the media we need to understand-even more now as the Obama administration begins to govern. The paperback edition of this popular book includes a new introduction, updates throughout, and two new chapters on the electoral victory and the transition from campaigning into governing. New photos and new insights include a focus on the continued importance of race in American politics.
John K. Wilson is the author o f Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies (Paradigm Publishers 2008); N ew t Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors (Common Courage Press 1996); and The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education (Duke UniversityPress 1995), among several other titles. A former student of Barack Obamaat the University of Chicago, Wilson is an Illinois native who currentlylives in Chicago and has watched Obama rise from state senator to U.S.senator to president of the United States.Wilson has discussed his work in major media forums including CSPAN,the O'Reilly Factory and the Huffington Post. Visit his website andblog at www.obamapolitics.com.