Barack Obama

In February 2007, Illinois senator Barack Obama announced that he would run for president in 2008. He was largely unknown and had only been in the U.S. Senate since 2004. Yet many believe he stands a strong chance of becoming the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008, as well as the first African American with a realistic chance of winning the office. But who is Barack Obama?

Barack Obama was named for a father he barely knew, a Kenyan doctor and scholar. Raised by his devoted mother and g...