Works
Obama’s autobiography Dreams from My Father was published in 1995 and re-released in 2004 with a few new features.[3] The audio book edition earned Obama a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.[90]
In December 2004, Obama made a $1.9 million deal for three books.[91] The first, The Audacity of Hope (summary), was published in October 2006, and discusses Obama’s political convictions.[92] The second is a children’s book to be co-written with his wife Michelle and their two young daughters, with profits going to charity. The content of the third book has not been announced.
Popular culture
Supporters describe Obama’s broad appeal as a cultural rorschach test, an ink spot on which his fans can project their own personal histories and aspirations.[93] Obama’s own self-narrative helps encourage diverse multiethnic affinities. In Dreams from My Father, he links his maternal family history to possible Native American ancestors and distant relatives of Jefferson Davis, president of the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War.[3] Speaking before an elderly Jewish audience during his 2004 campaign for U.S. Senate, Obama likened the linguistic roots of his East African first name Barack to the Hebrew word baruch, meaning blessed.[94]
Media sources have mirrored and amplified the everyman image. An October 2006 interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show highlighted the ethnic diversity of Obama’s extended family. Noting that his half-Indonesian half-sister is married to a Chinese-Canadian, the program cited descriptions by Obama’s African American wife of family holiday gatherings as a "mini-United Nations."[95] A headline in The Nation magazine invited comparisons between Obama’s first year as U.S. Senator and the popular 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where actor James Stewart stars as an underdog small-town hero standing up to political corruption in the U.S. Congress.[96] Another article in The Nation analyzed Obama’s ability to "transcend race" with predominantly white audiences.[97]
A New York Times op-ed by David Brooks, published during Obama’s promotion of his bestselling book The Audacity of Hope and campaigns for Democratic candidates before the 2006 midterm election, was noted by an article in the online magazine Slate as evidence of Obama’s potential popularity among moderate Republicans and independents.[98] Both folk rock musician Neil Young and urban hip hop artist Common have referenced Obama’s presidential prospects in popular song lyrics.[99][100]
In his October 2006 Time magazine cover story, Primary Colors author Joe Klein compared the cultural sources of Obama’s rapid rise and crossover appeal to those of U.S. celebrity icons Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan. Asked to comment, Obama said: "Figures like Oprah, Tiger, Michael Jordan give people a shortcut to express their better instincts […] I think it’s healthy, a good instinct. I just don’t want it to stop with Oprah. I’d rather say, If you feel good about me, there’s a whole lot of young men out there who could be me if given the chance."[75]
Electoral history
2004 general election for U.S. Senate[29]
Barack Obama (D), 70%
Alan Keyes (R), 27%
Albert J. Franzen (I), 2%
Jerry Kohn (L), 1%
2000 Democratic primary for U.S. House of Representatives—Illinois 1st District[14]
Bobby Rush (D), 61%
Barack Obama (D), 30%
Donne Trotter (D), 7%
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11 Responses to “人物：Barack Hussein Obama （转贴）”: I have a sense although he is high in the sky, but when thepolls are counted, he probably will not make the cut to President. There are always around 5% racist in the U.S. and the innocent naive period of JFK was well over by the time of Watergate scandal. And now, people are more and more sarcastic about it. Political stars like him rise and fall like meteors.
: 大致同意楼下律师的看法。Obama确实热得烫手，有否过热了呢？再看一点。。。This is someone special I believe, although there are huge hidden obstacles on the way to White House. What a great speech piece he gave at 2004 Democratic Convention speech! Please take a look if have time, and maybe these bit more about him.
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