Barack Obama\’s election to the U.S. Senate in 2004 is one of the most interesting and colorful political campaigns in recent history. His rousing keynote address at the Democratic National Convention that same year made his name a household word. The \”Obama for Illinois\” crusade offers important insights into American politics. The authors explore the [...]

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Communicator-in-Chief: How Barack Obama Used New Media Technology to Win the White House. Edited by John Allen Hendricks and Robert Denton, Jr. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2010.

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“With their characteristic style, Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski offer compelling arguments and insights demonstrating that much of President Obama’s agenda undermines our Constitution and America’s system of limited government that keeps us free.” Ken Blackwell, one of America’s leading conservative voices, is the author of Rebuilding America and is currently the Senior Fellow for [...]

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“Never has the world needed strong and wise American leadership more than it does now. Abramsky’s eminently readable description of Obama’s personal gifts makes it clear that he is remarkably suited to be the president the moment requires.” -Former New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo From the moment he burst onto the national political scene, [...]

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Last November America elected its first black president. Canada, too, went to the polls that month. The difference for the two nations was remarkable: Americans had a clear choice between an indecisive, has-been who represented at best more of the same and a progressive, eloquent, African American, the first ever black presidential candidate. As Ibbitson [...]

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The book is well organized, first establishing the political and economic context, then tackling the campaign’s overall themes, then showing the evolving discourse through five stages in the campaign (starting in June of ’08), and analyzing the effects of early/absentee voting, microtargeting, and new media influences. There are charts and graphs aplenty, with attendant footnotes. [...]

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