Part 10 (1/2)

CHAPTER 8: POLITICS.

aUpon my returna,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.

Alice Palmer material: Sunya Walls, aAlice Palmer Withdraws from Race for Re-election,a Chicago Weekend, Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, January 1996.

aSince she endorseda,a: Obama quoted in the aInc.a column, Chicago Tribune, Judy Hevrdejs and Mike Conklin, December 1995.

aIave since discovereda,a: Alice Palmer quoted in aCandidate Not What He Seems, Foes Insist,a Salim Muwakkil, Chicago Sun-Times, February 1996.

aThe political debatea,a and aAny solutiona,a: Obama quoted by Hank De Zutter in the Chicago Reader, December 1995.

avacuous-to-repressivea,a: Muwakkil, February 1996.

aat the swearing-ina,a: Illinois politico discussion with author, January 2004.

aI am thinkinga,a aI saida,a aWe are drivinga,a aHeas nota,a and aIt was just a greata,a: Dan Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.

aBuy him a blacka,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, January 2004.

aSo I askeda,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.

aMy grandmothera,a: Obama discussion with author, August 2004.

CHAPTER 9: THE LEGISLATOR.

aThe fact thata,a: Kirk Dillard interview with author, September 2004.

aIt wasnat likea,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.

aThe first few yearsa,a: Rich Miller quoted in aHow Obama Learned to Be a Natural,a Edward McClelland, Salon.com, February 2007.

aHe didnat thinka,a: Obama a.s.sociate interview with author, 2004.

aThis sets the standarda,a: Obama quoted in a.s.sociated Press, May 1998.

ajust give Barack h.e.l.la,a: Kimberly Lightford interview with author, March 2007.

aI have been adviseda,a: Rickey Hendon interview with author, September 2006.

aObama is interesteda,a: Don Wiener opposition research report, 2004.

aHe is idealistica,a: John Bouman interview with author, September 2004.

aI always founda,a: Joe Birkett discussion with author, October 2006.

aThe most importanta,a: Obama interview with author, September 2004.

aMembers of botha,a: Dillard interview with author, September 2004.

aBarack is vieweda,a: Donne Trotter quoted in aIs Bobby Rush in Trouble?a Ted Kleine, Chicago Reader, March 2000.

aThere are whispersa,a: Kleine, March 2000.

arising stara,a: editorial, Chicago Tribune, March 2000.

aWhat was interestinga,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.

aWhatas fascinatinga,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.

aWhat Iave founda,a: Obama discussion with author, January 2004.

aIall never forgeta,a: Obama discussion with author, February 2004.

aThere was justa,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.

aIam angered, franklya,a: George Ryan quoted in aRyan Comes Up Short,a Rick Pearson/Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, December 1999.

aSen. Barack Obamaa,a: editorial, Chicago Tribune, March 2000.

aThis vote wasa,a: Bobby Rush, quoted in Chicago Tribune, December 1999.

aI cannot sacrificea,a: Obama in press conference, January 2000.

aProving the politicala,a: David Mendell, aObama Defends Decision to Miss Anti-Crime Vote,a Chicago Tribune, January 2000.

aLess than halfwaya,a: Obama, The Audacity of Hope.

Congressional debate material: Rush-Obama-Trotter debate video courtesy of WTTW-TV, Chicago.

aJust whatasa,a: Ibid.

CHAPTER 10: THE NEW ROCh.e.l.lE TRAIN.