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Abacha, Sani, 157
ABC, 278, 280
ABC News, 41
abortion, 297–98
Abraham, Laurie, 353
Achmat, Zackie, 330
Adara, Michael, 363
Adelstein, Eric, 150, 156, 178
Afghanistan, war in, 3
AFL-CIO, 207
Africa:
Obama’s trip to, 306, 321–74, 375, 376, 387
African American churches, 227, 241, 281
African Americans:
Obama supported by, 153, 154, 172, 178, 185, 198, 209, 226–27, 234, 236–37, 241–42, 297, 322, 344
Obama unknown among Illinois, 216–17
and question of Obama’s black authenticity, 125, 129–33, 143, 186–91
voting patterns of, 207–8
African National Congress, 327
AIDS, 328–30, 333, 357, 359, 369, 371
Ali, Muhammad, 198–99
Alinsky, Saul, 67–68, 70
Al Qaeda, 176
Altgeld Gardens, 70–71, 80–81, 83
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, 207
AmeriCorps, 97
Ames, Iowa, 378
apartheid, 57, 322, 326–28, 330, 336–37
arap Moi, Daniel, 358
Associated Press, 343–44
Atlantic Monthly, 275, 277
Audacity of Hope, The (Obama), 75, 116, 119, 138, 296, 298–99, 302, 306, 307–8, 325, 378–79
avian flu pandemic, 313
Axelrod, David, 156–59, 214–15, 305, 307, 342
background and experience of, 164–68
on Edwards campaign, 165, 214, 237
Hull’s campaign considered by, 168–73, 195, 210, 260
Obama’s Africa trip and, 322, 332, 340, 350
Obama’s presidential prospects and, 11, 377, 380, 384–86
Obama’s Senate campaign and, 162, 163–64, 174, 178–79, 183–84, 203–4, 216–17, 226, 228–30, 234, 235, 237, 239–40, 243–44, 247–48, 252, 266, 268, 271, 274–76, 283–85, 298–301
Axelrod, Susan, 156, 164
Balanoff, Tom, 207
Barnes, Jennifer, 349, 357
Bayh, Evan, 383
Bell, Derrick, 85
Berenson, Brad, 80, 89–91
BET, 280
Bin Laden, Osama, 150
Birkett, Joe, 127
Black Law Students Association, 84–85
Black Panther Party, 129–30, 133
Blagojevich, Rod, 181, 183, 273–74
Blanchard, Anita, 153
Blitzer, Wolf, 285
Blumenthal, Mark, 236, 241
Boesche, Roger, 60–62, 315
Boston, Mass., 273–74, 278, 286, 288, 291, 292, 386, 387
Bouman, John, 127, 232
Bramson, David, 289
Branch, Taylor, 73
Brokaw, Tom, 276–77
Brown v. Board of Education, 106
Bryan, John, 156
Bud Billiken Parade, 296–97
Bush, George W., 3, 89, 208, 225, 248, 289, 313
disenchantment with, 9, 75, 249, 380, 382
Hurricane Katrina and, 316
Iraq war and, 172, 174, 177
on Obama’s popularity, 375–76
reelection of, 299, 310
Bush administration, 181
Business International Corporation, 62
Butts, Cassandra, 86–87, 91–92, 377, 380
Byrne, Jane, 81, 167
Cairo, Ill., 117
Cape Town, 325, 327–29, 332, 338
Capitol Fax, 122
CARE Kenya project, 359–61
Carmichael, Stokely, 129
Carter, Jimmy, 172
Cauley, Jim, 184–85, 204–5, 220, 224, 240, 244, 248, 255, 256, 268, 269, 280, 286, 298, 302
CBS, 213–14, 277, 342
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. (CDC), 359, 373
Central Ugenya, 359
Chad, 372
Chase, John, 216, 328
Chavez, Cesar, 68
Chicago, 88, 117, 342
African-American political universe of, 107–8
black nationalism in, 113–14, 131, 186
gentrification in, 130–31
Gold Coast of, 197
Grant Park in, 233
Hyde Park neighborhood of, 102, 111, 122, 131, 142, 153, 157, 186, 194, 270, 307, 308, 383
identity politics in, 113–14
Loop district in, 233
machine politics in, 103, 131, 146, 166, 186, 245
Millennium Park in, 200–201
Near North neighborhood of, 196
Near West Side of, 268, 387
North Shore suburbs of, 159, 198, 205
North Side of, 126, 185
Northwest Side of, 244
Obama as community organizer in, 14, 16, 19, 63–74, 77–79, 80–83, 94, 121, 161, 178, 187, 227, 229, 372
Obama’s return to, 92
racial divide in, 81, 167
racially mixed neighborhoods in, 94–95, 102
redistricting in, 83
South Loop in, 111
South Side of, 65, 95, 102, 107–8, 110, 111, 112, 115, 122, 124, 128, 130–32, 142, 146, 161, 187, 189, 190, 194, 232, 238, 282, 296, 307, 308, 363, 372, 387
Southwest Side of, 178, 182
West Side of, 110, 115, 125, 126, 214, 317
Chicago, University of, 102, 130, 131, 146, 167
School of Law at, 114, 192–94
Chicago Bears, 296
Chicago Board of Education, 156
Chicago Housing Authority, 70–71
Chicago Marathon, 155
Chicago Reader, 111–12, 130, 131, 221–22
Chicago Sun-Times, 57, 116, 132, 186, 217–18, 231, 264, 277, 312, 326, 334
Chicago Tribune, 9, 56, 109, 138, 141, 158, 189, 210, 231, 243, 380, 383–84
Axelrod at, 164, 166–69
as editorially conservative paper, 131–32, 136, 318–19
Hull divorce scandal and, 213, 215–16, 238, 261
Mendell at, 2, 20, 97, 137, 192–95, 197–99, 208, 212, 219–23, 227, 244, 250, 253, 257, 295
Obama and Washington bureau of, 303–4, 306, 312
Obama’s Africa trip and, 326, 328, 334, 336, 361, 370
Ryan scandal and, 265, 268
Chicago Tribune Magazine, 86–87
Chico, Gery, 156, 159, 177–78, 182, 192, 197, 209, 216, 224–25
civil liberties, 311
civil rights movement, 34, 68, 73, 129, 227, 314, 336, 337
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 275
Clinton, Bill, 84, 97, 103, 168, 173, 218, 249, 250, 269, 322, 327–28, 336
Clinton, Hillary, 174, 248, 309, 379
Clinton, Ill., 292
CNN, 252, 285
Coburn, Tom, 313
CODEL, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 367, 373
Coffey, Peter, 257–58
colonialism, 352
Columbia University, 16, 18, 59, 61–62, 76, 83
Common (rapper), 75
Congo, Republic of, 323, 324
Congress, U.S., 9, 108, 168, 306
Obama’s primary campaign for, 125, 128–34, 138–43, 145, 148, 150–53, 157, 186, 227
Congressional Black Caucus, 159–60, 248
Congressional Quarterly, 311
conservatives, 316
Constitution, U.S., 311
Cook County Board of Commissioners, 207
Cook County Board of Elections, 243–44
Cook County Democratic Party, 81
Corbett, Leslie, 245
Crown, James, 156
C-Span, 377
Cuomo, Mario, 269, 270, 272, 281, 315
Daily Kos, 310
Daley, Richard J., 81, 102–3, 128, 131
Daley, Richard M., 81, 97, 128, 133, 157, 159, 165, 166, 182, 200, 241
Daley family, 221
Daly, Mike, 291
Darfur, 321, 324, 372
Daschle, Tom, 305
Davis, Danny, 178
Dean, Howard, 377
DeBonnett, Pat, 66
DeKalb, Ill., 288
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, 184
Democratic Leadership Council, 13
Democratic National Convention:
of 1968, 172
of 2000, 144, 269–70
of 2004, 1–3, 5, 7, 15, 176, 268–85, 323, 324, 386, 387
Democratic party, 150, 168, 208, 249–50, 289, 299, 300, 377, 378, 383
in blue states, 5
in Illinois, 115, 121, 125, 128, 129, 132, 147, 158, 178, 181, 194, 216, 247, 294
on Iraq war, 4, 172, 174, 176, 208, 289
Obama’s fundraising and campaigning for, 8, 306, 312, 313
Obama’s impact on, 8–10, 23, 287, 380, 384
2004 election and, 3–5
2006 Congress takeover of, 380
in U.S. Senate, 290, 311
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 313
Dershowitz, Alan, 85
Des Moines Register, 378
Developing Communities Project, 67, 69, 78, 81
Dillard, Kirk, 122, 128, 261
Ditka, Mike, 296
Dixon, Alan, 170
Djibouti, 324
DNC, 270, 280
Doctorow, E. L., 15
Dold, Bruce, 169
Dowd, Maureen, 376
Dreams from My Father (Obama), 14–20, 23–24, 33, 35, 44–47, 54–59, 62, 65, 69–71, 90, 103–4, 107–8, 111, 118, 141, 202, 216, 236, 258, 270, 287, 301, 307, 323, 325, 335, 353, 367, 378–79
Duncan, Arne, 48
Dunham, Ann (mother), 14, 21, 39, 59, 202, 205, 217, 226, 281, 288
character and beliefs of, 24, 25–27, 33–34, 42, 51, 69, 203
childhood of, 25
death of, 24
divorce of Obama Sr. by, 31
liberalism of, 24
marriage to Lolo Soetoro of, 32–35, 40
marriage to Obama Sr. by, 27–31
Maya’s birth and, 34
and Obama’s African-American identity, 34, 38, 54–55
Obama’s birth and, 27
Dunham, Madelyn (grandmother), 6, 21–24, 25, 33, 35, 36, 39, 51, 63, 202, 205, 288
on Ann, 26, 27, 28–29, 31
on Obama, 43, 45–46, 50, 58, 72, 134
as Republican, 24, 120
skepticism of, 28–29
Dunham, Stanley (grandfather), 24–26, 28, 33, 35–36, 43, 46, 50, 53, 101, 202, 288
Dunn, Anita, 170, 224
DuPage County, 127, 211
DuQuoin County, 118
Durbin, Richard, 181, 289–90, 300, 368
East Africa, 306
East African Standard, 371
Eastern Europe, 306
Ebony, 376
Economist, The, 85
Edgar, Jim, 266
education, 225
Edwards, John, 165, 174, 183, 214, 237, 294, 377, 379
elections:
of 1962, 172
of 1992, 104
of 2002, 358
of 2004, 3–5, 15, 18, 23, 49, 62, 73, 76–77, 97, 120, 132, 147–49, 163–65, 168–72, 175, 177–79, 180–95, 197–205, 211, 214, 216–17, 219–247, 271, 286–302, 323, 342, 364, 385
of 2006, 313
of 2008, 324, 382–87
Elle, 353
Emanuel, Amy, 307
Emanuel, Rahm, 165, 168, 307, 308
environmental issues, 331
Epton, Bernie, 81
Erkes, Jason, 197, 215, 231, 236–37
Erving, Julius, 40–41
ESPN, 326
ethanol, 312–13
ethics laws, 238–40
Europe, Eastern, 306
Evanston, Ill., 225
Face the Nation, 277
Fanon, Frantz, 57
Favreau, Jon, 315
Federalist Society, 88
Ferraro, Geraldine, 252
Fitzgerald, Peter, 147, 153, 157, 158, 178, 247
Flannery, Mike, 213–14, 342
Ford, Harold, 269–70
foreign policy, 322
Fornek, Scott, 57
Fox News, 285
Fraternal Order of Police, 251
Froman, Michael, 84
Fuchs, Amanda, 252, 253, 301
Gandhi, Mohandas K., 201, 330
Gephardt, Richard, 86, 252
Giangreco, Pete, 183, 214, 216–17, 237, 240, 244, 271, 385
Gibbs, Robert, 6, 252–56, 260, 265, 268, 270–71, 274–76, 282–85, 287–88, 293, 294, 300, 304, 305–6, 311–12, 313, 315, 322
Obama’s Africa trip and, 321, 324, 326, 330, 332–34, 340–41, 342–43, 350–53, 356–57, 363, 365, 367, 370
on Obama’s presidential prospects, 375, 377, 380, 384
Grammy awards, 10
Great Britain, 368
Green, Julian, 10, 48, 59–60, 279–80, 285, 288
Greenberg, Hank, 166
Greenfield, Jeff, 285
Gridiron dinner, 375–76
Grisham, John, 378
gun control, 135, 136, 250–52
habeas corpus, 311
Halperin, Mark, 385
Harkin, Tom, 377
Harris, John F., 385
Harsted, Paul, 183
Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review, 84
Harvard Law Review, 85
Obama as president of, 14, 87–92, 104–5, 127, 141, 178, 199–200, 204, 218, 229
Harvard Law School, 14, 23, 42, 46, 73, 83–92, 93, 94, 96, 100–101, 102, 104, 111, 114, 115, 118, 121–22, 128, 130, 132, 142, 144, 173, 190, 199–200, 203, 224, 229, 248, 355, 380, 383, 386
liberal-conservative battles at, 85, 88–90, 113, 127
racial tensions at, 85, 86–87, 91, 125
Harvard University, 18, 28, 39, 123
Hawaii, 7, 16, 18, 19, 25, 31
Obama’s annual returns to, 20, 134–37, 160–61, 172, 193
Obama’s childhood in, 20–22, 32, 35–49, 50–56, 82, 83, 130, 199, 243, 387
Hawaii, University of, at Manoa, 25, 27, 29, 30, 32, 39
Hayes, Charles, 129
Hendon, Rickey, 125–26, 298
Hercules, Bob, 340, 350
HIV, 329–30, 369, 371
Hofeld, Al, 170
Homeland Security Department, U.S., 317
Honolulu, Hawaii, 20–23, 25, 53
Hopefund political action committee, 312
House of Representatives, U.S., 168
Hull, Blair, 159, 163, 168–71, 178, 182, 186, 192, 195–98, 203, 205–6, 209–17, 219, 223–24, 231, 235, 236, 238, 241, 244, 260, 261, 263, 264, 342
Hurricane Katrina, 12, 313
Hynes, Christina, 220–22, 223
Hynes, Dan, 159, 178, 181–83, 192, 197, 205–9, 212–13, 216–17, 219–24, 235–38, 244, 260
Hynes, Matt, 178, 220–21, 222
Hynes, Thomas, 182
Hynes family, 221
Illinois:
as blue state, 121
conservatives in, 127
Obama’s visits to central and southern, 116–20
political dynamics in, 124, 147
Illinois General Assembly, 110, 114, 121, 124, 134–38, 143, 146, 161
Illinois House of Representatives, 121
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, 114, 115, 122, 125, 151, 186
Illinois Project Vote, 103–4, 108, 307
Illinois State Senate, 241
Democratic takeover of, 180
Health Committee of, 206
Obama in, 18, 23, 111–20, 121–36, 151, 178, 200, 202, 206, 229, 238–40, 269, 273–74
Obama’s race for, 108–10
Indianola, Iowa, 377
Indonesia, 18, 19, 32–34, 43
Internet:
blogosphere on, 309, 310, 316
Obama’s website on, 384
Iowa, 377–78
Iran, 333
Iraq, 306
sectarian violence in, 177
Iraq war, 3, 208, 321
Democrats on, 4, 172, 174, 176, 208, 289
Obama’s opposition to, 4, 172–77, 291, 309, 335, 387
Islamic fundamentalism, 346
Israel, 306
Jackson, Jacqueline, 185
Jackson, Jesse, Jr., 109, 178, 185
Jackson, Jesse, Sr., 9, 134, 185, 245, 269, 304, 318–20, 377
Jackson, Mahalia, 34
Jacobs, Denny, 123, 151
Jakarta, 32–35
James, LeBron, 2
Jarrett, Valerie, 7, 102–3, 242–43, 252, 256–57, 259, 304, 377
Jefferson, Thomas, 60
Johannesburg, 333, 335, 337
Johnson, Lyndon, 156
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, 338
Jones, Emil, Jr., 115, 124, 146–47, 151, 178, 181, 205, 241
Jordan, Barbara, 269, 270
Jordan, Vernon, 249
Joyce Foundation, 143, 149
Justice Department, U.S., 89
Kakugawa, Keith “Ray,” 41, 47, 54
Kansas, 25, 281, 284
Kanu (Kenyan African National Union), 344–45
Kathrada, Ahmed, 327–28
Katz, David, 187, 284–85
Kay, Dick, 279
Kellman, Jerry, 16, 63, 65–67, 69–74, 94–95, 101–2, 132, 140, 148–49, 319
Kemp, Jack, 285
Kennedy, John F., 9, 142, 156, 172, 179, 377
Kennedy, Robert F., 9, 165, 321, 322, 337
Kenya, 18, 19–20, 29–31, 38, 83, 226, 281
embassy bombing in, 346
Obama embraced by, 324–25, 345–46, 348–50, 357–58, 360–61
Obama in, 323, 324, 335, 337, 338–74
Kenyan National Theater, 325
Kerry, John, 3–4, 174, 252, 255, 268–69, 273, 275–77, 281, 282–84, 299, 300, 315
Kewanee, Ill., 288
Keyes, Alan, 296–99, 301
Khayelitsha, 329
Kibaki, Mwai, 344–45
Kibera, 368–69
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 34, 74, 187, 201, 227, 245, 281, 282, 330–31
King’s African Rifles, 368
Kirk, Ron, 255–56
Kisumu, 355, 356, 357, 360, 362, 367
Klutznick, Philip, 172
Knox College, 313, 315
Kogelo, 355, 364
Koppel, Ted, 2, 278
Krugman, Paul, 249
Kusunoki, Eric, 46–47
LaHood, Ray, 265
Lake Victoria, 355, 357
Lambrecht, Bill, 349
Landis, Deborah, 245
League of Conservation Voters, 279
Leno, Jay, 10, 265, 376
Library of Congress, 303–4
Lightford, Kimberly, 125
Lincoln, Abraham, 11–12, 201
Link, Terry, 123, 143, 151
Lipinski, Ann Marie, 169
Lippert, Mark, 326
London, 344, 374
Los Angeles, Calif., 144
Lu, Chris, 311–12
Lugar, Richard, 313, 316
Luo Council of Elders, 363
Luo tribe, 29, 30, 38, 324, 335, 339, 351, 355, 358, 361, 362–64, 369, 374
McCarthy, Eugene, 172
McKinney, Dave, 116, 264
McLachlin, Chris, 47–48
Mack, Kenneth, 89
Madigan, Michael, 182
Malcolm X, 44, 54
Mandela, Nelson, 326–28, 336
Marengo, Ill., 288, 289
Marshall, Thurgood, 34
Mars Hill Baptist Church, 188–89
Martinez, Mel, 313
Mather, Chris, 212–13, 221, 224
Matthews, Chris, 285
Matthews, Kgosie, 157
Maurer, Darren, 48
Maurer, Suzanne, 48–49
Mbeki, Thabo, 329, 333
Meet the Press, 274–77
Mendell, David (author), 274, 307–8
in Africa with Obama, 325, 332–33, 338–42, 357–58, 361, 365–67, 371, 382
Hull’s Senate race and, 195–98, 210–17, 224
Hynes’s Senate race and, 208, 219–22, 223–24
Obama’s Senate race and, 192–95, 197–203, 211, 219–23, 225–28, 231–34, 237–40, 244–45, 250–51, 256–58, 270, 278, 287, 292–93, 294–96
Men’s Vogue, 376
Metro East, 253
Middle East, 17, 306, 323
Mikva, Abner, 124, 130, 141, 142, 377
Military Commissions Act, 311
Miller, Cynthia, 189–90
Miller, Rich, 122, 143
Millionaire’s Amendment, 210, 260
Miner, Barnhill & Galland, 104–5
Miner, Judson, 105, 108
Minow, Newton, 156, 377
Moore, Michael, 27
Moreno Cargie, Nora, 21–22, 51–52
Moseley Braun, Carol, 103, 147, 157–60, 162, 177
MSNBC, 285
NAACP Image Awards, 10
Nairobi, 30, 258, 338, 344, 347, 355–56, 363, 367, 368–69, 371, 382
Freedom Park in, 369
Nairobi, University of, 370
National Center on Poverty Law, 127, 245
National Rainbow Coalition (Kenya), 344
NBC, 280
NBC News, 276–77
N’DIGO magazine, 111
Nesbitt, Marty, 2, 153–55, 304, 377, 387
New Guinea, 33
New Hampshire, 383
New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, 357
New Orleans, La., 316–19
New Republic, 248
Newsweek, 306, 342
Newton, Huey, 133
New York, 376
New York, N.Y., 51, 59, 61–62, 83, 263, 344
September 11 attacks in, 3
New Yorker, The, 247–48
New York Times, 90, 376, 378
New York Times Magazine, 312
Ng, Konrad G. (brother-in-law), 51, 304
Ng, Suhaila Kala Kai-La (niece), 51
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 59, 61
Nigeria, 157
Nightline, 278
Nixon, Richard, 342
Nobel Peace Prize, 328
No Child Left Behind law, 225
Northwestern University, 225
Norton, Edward, 332
nuclear proliferation, 330
nuclear weapons, 313
Nyambalo, John, 346
Oak Park, Ill., 224
Obama, Auma (half sister), 10–11, 17, 30, 356, 367, 372, 374
Obama, Barack:
African-American and liberal support bases of, 153, 154, 172, 178, 185, 198, 209, 226–27, 228, 234, 236–37, 241–42, 249–50, 297, 309–10, 322, 344
as African-American candidate with universal appeal, 244
Africa trip of, 321–74, 375
as ambitious, 110, 128, 242
anger at white establishment by, 17
anti-war speech of, 4, 172–77
approach to race issues by, 316–20
attractiveness and charisma of, 193–94, 204–5, 217–18, 219–23, 232–34, 247–48, 259, 293, 371
“audacity of hope” and, 281–82
as “Barry,” 19, 46, 49, 58–59
basketball as passion of, 40, 45, 47–49, 58, 100, 140, 153, 223
black identity of, 6, 8, 9, 16–17, 19, 32, 54–55, 56–57, 64, 73–74, 83, 101–2, 117, 132, 142, 187–91, 200, 202–3, 226–27, 236–37, 279
Black Law Students’ Association speech of, 84
book deal of, 301–2
bridge-building approach of, 84–85, 90–91, 112–13, 127–28, 201, 230, 301, 306, 310, 313, 316, 379–80, 387
candor and honesty of, 201, 239–40, 378–79
centrist trend by, 247–52, 309, 379–80
character and temperament of, 6–7
childhood homes of, 21–22
as community organizer, 14, 16, 19, 63–74, 77–79, 80–83, 87, 94, 121, 161, 178, 187, 227, 229, 372
competitive streak of, 98, 140, 378
conflict disliked by, 298
Congressional campaign of, 125, 128–34, 138–43, 145, 148, 150–53, 157, 186, 227
as constitutional law lecturer, 114, 121, 135, 146, 151, 192–94
at Democratic National Convention, 273–80
Democratic National Convention keynote address of, 1–3, 5, 7, 15, 176, 268–73, 280–85, 386, 387
as disciplined, 267
drug and alcohol use of, 17, 40, 45–46, 202, 216, 236, 326, 376
education of, see Columbia University; Harvard Law School; Occidental College; Punahou School
even temperament of, 237, 242–43, 341
exercise routine of, 59, 334
favorable rating of, 312
federal legislation of, 323
feelings of parental abandonment of, 202
finances of, 144–45, 151–52, 301–2
golf played by, 117, 119, 123
as good counterpuncher, 237
healthy ego of, 204, 217–18, 278–79, 353–54
as highest-ranking black politician, 316
Hyde Park mansion of, 383–84
as idealist, 66, 160, 240
as Illinois state senator, 18, 23, 111–36, 151, 178, 200, 202, 206, 229, 238–40, 269, 273–74
in Indonesia, 32–35
as intellectual, 15–16, 59–62, 122, 156, 179, 224, 290, 301, 386
Kenya speeches of, 351–52, 364–65, 370–71
Knox College commencement speech of, 313–16
legislation sponsored by, 123–24, 126–28, 181, 189, 202, 229, 238–39, 248
as liberal, 90, 112, 128, 142–43, 158, 261, 289, 309, 311, 313–16
liberal disappointment with, 309–10
marriage of, see Obama, Michelle Robinson
media strategy of, 192, 199, 253, 306, 312, 372
memoirs by, see Dreams from My Father
messy habits of, 270, 283
minimalistic nature of, 145
mission to serve society of, 72, 63, 306
mother recalled by, 24, 26–27
on multiculturalism, 113
Nairobi speech of, 30
notebooks of, 16
optimism of, 9, 17, 48–49, 140
physical presence of, 42, 55–56, 145, 193, 233, 304
“Plan” of, 305–6, 309, 322, 324, 350, 376
political ambitions of, 88, 92, 99, 100–101, 105–6, 128, 161–62
post-college employment of, 62
presidential campaign of, 85, 133, 201, 202, 203, 235, 267, 386–87
presidential prospects of, 7, 9–13, 201, 285, 297, 303–4, 324, 330, 370, 375–87
racial identity issues of, 17, 41–49, 54–55, 73, 99, 101–2, 118
racially mixed background of, 5–6, 16, 32, 34, 41, 52, 64, 84, 118, 132, 146, 186, 217, 281, 323
recurring themes in speeches of, 67, 122
relationship with news media of, 116
religion and, 17, 68–70, 74–78, 227, 282, 298–99
as rising star, 9–10, 247, 286–88, 290–92, 297, 299, 305–6, 323, 333, 344, 345–46, 348, 354, 377, 379, 383, 384–87
Ryan campaign’s hounding of, 262
security for, 292–93, 350, 370
seen as elitist, 118–19, 121–23, 124, 132, 186, 353
seen as inauthentically black, 125, 129–33, 143, 186–91
self-absorption of, 104
Senate campaign of, see Senate, Obama’s campaign for; Senate, Obama’s primary campaign for
on Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 306
as Senator, 12, 84, 91, 235, 255, 303–20, 322, 324, 341, 378, 384
sense of childhood abandonment of, 19–20, 288
as smoker, 258, 295
speeches of, 173, 174–75, 179, 188–89, 224, 249, 270–71, 300, 304–5, 315, 326, 377–78, 387
Springfield speech of, 11–12, 386–87
stamina lacking in, 267, 300, 308
stump speech of, 225–26
teenage years of, 17
telegenic quality of, 204–5
wardrobe of, 119, 145, 233, 283, 325, 333, 356
working within the system by, 240–41
“Yes, we can” theme of, 229–30, 246, 247
Obama, Barack, Sr. (father), 34, 38–39, 83, 225–26, 281, 306, 324, 335, 339, 341, 351, 361, 364, 366–67
Ann’s marriage to, 27–29
death of, 18, 360
failures and personal problems of, 30, 39–40, 101, 374
family left by, 18, 28, 39, 217, 288
Obama’s search for heritage of, 19–20, 24
other marriages of, 30
Obama, Hussein Onyango (grandfather), 29, 58
Obama, Malia (daughter), 22, 134–35, 137, 148, 149, 153, 155, 161, 202, 242–43, 245, 287, 291–92, 299–300, 302, 303–4, 307, 343, 346–48, 361, 380–82, 385
Obama, Michelle Robinson, 19, 20, 22, 144, 155, 161, 179, 180, 185, 189–91, 205, 212, 223, 241, 243, 245, 257, 259, 270, 283, 285, 287, 297, 302, 303, 307, 376, 385, 387
in Africa, 343, 346–48, 356–57, 359, 361, 369, 373–74, 381
career of, 97–98, 102, 307, 381–82
character and personality of, 98
childhood and education of, 95–97
Obama’s campaigns and, 291–93, 299–300, 301
Obama’s courtship of, 93–94, 99, 101–2
Obama’s presidential prospects and, 377–82, 384, 387
racial identity crisis of, 96–97
as reluctant political wife, 99, 103–4, 135, 143, 148–49, 150, 151–52, 242, 361, 380–82
as stabilizing influence, 104, 218, 278, 381
Obama, Sarah Hussein Onyango (grandmother), 17, 356, 366–67
Obama, Sasha (daughter), 22, 143, 148, 149, 153, 155, 161, 202, 242–43, 245, 287, 291–92, 299–300, 302, 303–4, 307, 346–48, 361, 367, 380–82, 385
Occidental College, 55–61, 83, 104, 315
Ochieng, Gregory, 350–51
O’Connor, Jim, 196
Odinga, Raila, 362–63
Oganda, Catherine, 346
Ohio, presidential ballots in, 309, 310
O’Malley, Martin, 184
Onyango, Dennis, 345, 371
Oprah, 378
Page, Clarence, 9, 86–87
Palmer, Alice, 108–10
Pappas, Maria, 182, 197–98, 209
Parks, Rosa, 337
Parting the Waters (Branch), 73
Patrick, Deval, 165
Peace Corps, 356
Pearson, Rick, 210
Peoria, Ill., 265
Perle, Richard, 175
Perry Township, 118
Pew Research Center, 5
Philadelphia, Pa., 255
Philadelphia 76ers, 100
Pieterson, Antoinette, 336
Pieterson, Hector, 336
Pinckneyville Coon Club, 118
Poitier, Sidney, 34, 205
Politically Incorrect, 287
Ponce, Phil, 138–39
Portsmouth, N.H., 379
Posedel, Jeremiah, 293–94
Power Hour fundraising, 313
Preckwinkle, Toni, 131
Pretoria, 334, 357
Princeton University, 96–97, 190, 318
Pritzker, Nicholas, 154
Pritzker, Penny, 150, 155–56, 377
Pritzker family, 153–54, 210, 243
Pritzker Realty Group, 153
Public Allies, 97
Punahou Academy, 21, 35–38, 40–49, 82, 83, 140
Pu’u Ualakaa State Park, 53
Rainbow/PUSH organization, 185
Random House, 15
Reagan, Ronald, 9, 281, 315, 319
red state–blue state theory, 4–5
Reed, Bruce, 13
Republican party, 24, 81, 89, 110, 131, 165, 235, 281, 301, 313, 316, 326, 380
black criticisms of, 320
criticisms of, 75
in Illinois, 121, 127, 128, 158, 178, 180, 230, 237, 247, 261, 294, 296
on Iraq war, 176
in red states, 5
in Senate election, 260–63, 265, 267–69
Reynolds, Penny, 379
Rezko, Antoin “Tony,” 131, 383–84
Rice, Condoleezza, 309, 310
Rich, Huey, 133–34
Rich, Saundra, 133
Richards, Ann, 270, 272, 281
Robben Island, 326–28
Roberts, John, 310
Robinson, Craig (brother-in-law), 93, 95–96, 99–101, 190, 245
Robinson, Frasier (father-in-law), 95, 100, 102
Robinson, Marian (mother-in-law), 95, 99–100
Rollins, Ed, 165
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 172
Rose, Charlie, 10
Roseland, 66, 83
Rouse, Pete, 305, 322
Rove, Karl, 175
Rules for Radicals (Alinsky), 67
Rush, Bobby, 71, 128–34, 136, 138–43, 145, 148, 150, 151, 153, 157, 186, 227, 236–37
Russert, Tim, 274–77
Russia, 306, 313
Ryan, George, 135–36
Ryan, Jack, 247, 261–68, 286, 296
Ryan, Jeri, 261, 263–65
Safe Neighborhoods Act, 135–37
St. Louis, Mo., 253
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 326, 349
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, Chicago, 183, 232–34
Saltzman, Bettylu, 130, 172–74, 178, 183, 204
Sara Lee Corporation, 156
Schakowsky, Jan, 159, 185
Schieffer, Bob, 277–78
Secter, Bob, 221–22, 231–32
Senate, U.S.:
ethics officials of, 326
Moseley Braun as first black woman in, 103, 147, 157, 158
Obama considers run for, 150–62
Obama in, 12, 84, 91, 235, 255, 303–20, 322, 324, 341, 378, 384
Obama’s campaign for, 49, 62, 73, 76–77, 97, 120, 132, 241, 247–59, 260–71, 286–302, 323, 364, 385
Obama’s primary campaign for, 15, 18, 23, 147–49, 163–65, 175, 177–79, 180–91, 192–95, 197–205, 211, 214, 216–17, 219–46, 342
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S., 306
Senator beer, 324
Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School, 362–63, 364
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of, 3, 150, 346
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 206–7
Sexton, Brenda, 213–15
Shakespeare, William, 15–16
Sharpton, Al, 9, 320
Shiites, 177
Shomon, Dan, 115–20, 121–23, 134, 135, 136, 148, 149, 150, 152, 173–74, 176, 182–83, 192, 242, 253, 259, 308, 375, 376
Siaya, 355
Sidley Austin, 93–94, 97, 102, 104
Signator, Mike, 234, 297
Simon, Paul, 4, 124, 130, 168, 172–73, 227–28, 231
Simon, Sheila, 228
Skinner, Nancy, 182
slavery, emancipation from, 314
Smith, Callie, 71
Smith, Pam, 192–93, 198–99
Social Darwinism, 314–15
Soetoro, Lolo, 32–35, 40, 51
Soetoro-Ng, Maya (half sister), 21–23, 36–37, 40, 43, 45, 51–54, 205, 245, 304
on Ann, 24–25, 28
on Hawaii, 50–51, 54
on Obama, 58, 59
Soros, George, 248
South Africa, 57, 322, 338
Obama in, 321, 324, 325–37, 339, 342
Southern Illinois University, 264
Souza, Pete, 328, 334, 336, 366–67, 370
Soweto, 322, 335–36, 337
Soweto Uprising, 335–36
Springfield, Ill., 11–12, 115, 117, 122, 124, 125, 128, 134, 136, 137, 141–43, 207, 229, 239, 274, 290, 308, 309, 311
State Department, U.S., 157, 313
Stephanopoulos, George, 316–17
Stevenson, Adlai, 156, 172, 173, 377
Stoppard, Tom, 312
Strategy Group, 183
Stroger, John, 207–8
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 129
Sudan, 324, 368, 372
Sunnis, 177
Sweet, Lynn, 334–35
Tamarin, Nate, 183, 269, 375
terrorism, 330–31, 346
Terry, Don, 56
This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 316
Thompson, Darrel, 252
Time, 342
Titcomb, Bobby, 41–43, 82–83
Tonight Show, 376
Topinka, Judy Baar, 262, 267
Traubert, Bryan, 155
Treasury Department, U.S., 84
tribalism, 352
Tribe, Laurence, 85–86
Trinity United Church of Christ, 68, 75–77, 159, 187
Trotter, Donne, 125, 130–31, 132, 138, 143
Tutu, Desmond, 328, 330
United Nations, 329
University of Chicago Hospitals, 97–98, 307
veterans’ pay, 312
Vietnam War, 68, 85, 172, 273
Vietor, Tommy, 294–95, 300
Voting Rights Act, 105
Walsh, Larry, 151
Warner, Mark, 383
Washington, D.C., 253–54, 287, 290, 314, 322
Obama in, 247–52, 301, 303, 305, 326, 334, 375
September 11 attacks in, 3
Washington, Harold, 81–83, 88, 92, 105, 128, 129, 160, 167, 231, 244
Washington, Joyce, 182
Washington, Laura, 186
Washington Post, 4, 212
Way to Win, The (Halperin and Harris), 385
weapons, 313
Wellstone, Paul, 303, 310
Wesley, Irene, 378
West, Cornel, 318
West, Kanye, 316–17
Wheeler, David, 331
White, Michael, 165
Whitney Young High School, 96
Wichita, Kans., 25
Wiener, Don, 127
Wilhelm, David, 249
Wills, Christopher, 343–44
Winfrey, Oprah, 10, 75, 327
WLS-TV, 215, 261
Wolfowitz, Paul, 175
World War I, 368
Wright, Jeremiah A., 64, 68–69, 74–76, 141, 159–60, 187, 282, 377
Yepsen, David, 378
Zeleny, Jeff, 303–4, 306, 312, 334–35, 361
Zorn, Eric, 158, 213–14, 243