Table of Contents
Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 From the South Side to Statewide
2 Will It Play in Peoria? The U.S. Senate Primary Campaign
3 "Jesus Wouldn't Vote for Obama"—Alan Keyes: The U.S. Senate General Election
4 "Money Is the Mother's Milk of Politics"—Raising Money and Spreading the Wealth
5 Overcoming a Funny Last Name: Media and the Vote in the U.S. Senate Campaign
6 Barack Obama and Post-Racial Politics in the U.S. Senate Campaign
7 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington
8 "There Is No Red or Blue America": Obama's Message
9 Lessons of Obama's Political Career, 1996–2007
10 The Road to the White House
Appendix A Elective and Electoral History of Barack Obama, 1996–2009
Appendix B Illinois State Senator Obama's Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts (July 27, 2004)
Appendix C Senator Obama's Presidential Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, Illinois (February 10, 2007)
Appendix D Senator Obama's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado (August 28, 2008)
Appendix E President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech, Chicago, Illinois (November 4, 2008)
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
