Redemption song : an Irish reporter inside the Obama campaign / Niall Stanage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stanage, Niall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obama, Barack.

Presidential candidates--United States--Elections--2008.

Presidential candidates.

Elections.

United States.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Liberties Press, 2008.

Summary:

The first African-American to reach the Oval Office swept to power on a promise to restore hope and optimism. Over the course of his campaign, Obama became a hero to millions of young Americans and a global political icon. He also exhibited a steeliness that surprised some commentators – though not those who had followed his career up to that point.

In this gripping account of Obama’s meteoric rise, Niall Stanage traces the future president’s first, halting steps as a local politician in Chicago, tells the inside story of the 2004 speech that made him a national star, and explores the tense internal debates that preceded his entry into the 2008 race. Stanage goes behind the scenes of the Illinois senator’s long and acrimonious tussle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and, thanks to the access he gained to the Obama campaign (including becoming the only Irish journalist to travel on the candidate’s plane), sheds new light on his battle with Republican nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin. He also examines what Obama’s election means for American and the world.

Contents:

1 The Speech 15

2 Leap of Faith 35

3 Girding for Battle 53

4 Yes We Can! 71

5 Trumping the Race Card 88

6 The Warrior 105

7 Elation and Frustration 123

8 An End and a Beginning 143

9 Obama, Ireland and the World 161

10 Unconventional Conventions 181

11 Breaking the Deadlock 199

12 The Final Push 216

13 Chicago 232.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781905483570

1905483570

OCLC:

297145509