barack obama for president?

can anyone give me information about Obama's background and political career and presidental race for 08...i need this for presentaion...need help pless

Public Comments

1. Do your own research
2. Come on...................... Think about. No chance! add's: I understand, question is from a devoted supporter of Mr Obama, but he really have less chances then anybody else. Why? Just because he is NOT qualified. No experience on federal level. No political platform. No vision of the International Mission of the United States of America etc. etc. etc. Smart guy, surely, but he can be a better governor of Hawaii, for example, or even Illinois, but he can not represent the United States of America. Period.
3. Read his book!
4. try his website.
5. His middle name is Hussein. He was Islamic. He would be scared to go after Iran, if we need to. He said that "3000 troops dies for nothing" in Iraq. He has very little experience, and only served 2 years in the US Senate. The media is in love with him, this is also called an "Obasm." People don't know why they would vote for him, but say "he is a good speaker" (and for the record, Hitler was a good speaker, but Abe Lincoln was not) If President, he would want a MORE socialist economy. He voted to raise taxes OVER 300 TIMES. He doesn't want to give babies who survived an abortion medical care (this happens when the fetus is still alive, and is outside the womb).
6. House of Reps for Illinois, Senator of Illinois,there is a whole lot more in the source I cited! Wikipedia is somewhat unbiased (unbiased as far as compared to some other websites but may not have everything but has the summaries and stuff which sounds like what you're looking for!).
7. Don't listen to people on this forum for something like this, way too opinionated. Check out his site for that info www.barackobama.com. Good Luck.
8. He was one of the most left wing members of the Illinois legislature, and even voted against allowing medical treatment for babies that survived abortions. He is now trying to veer to the center so he can win the Presidency, just like Hillary.
9. Sure. Go to www.barackobama.com
10. Yes! He is the best!
11. He was born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and his mother was from Kansas. He is a Christian and is a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He was the first black President of the Harvard Law Review and graduated from Harvard Law School. Before that he attended Columbia University. He has been against the war in Iraq from the beginning and voted against it. He believes that health care is a right and not a privilege for the few. He is for a woman's right to choose. He supports federal programs to protect the rural economy. A belief of his is that companies that create domestic jobs should be rewarded with tax incentives. He wants tax cuts to help the Middle Class and not corporations. He fought long and hard to increase minimum wage. He supports stem cell research. His education program consists of a life-long top notch program that will pay for higher education for those who make the grades. Basically, he believes in common sense solutions and not liberal-conservative labels.
12. " He has ten years experience in public office, more than the two other leading Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton (six-plus years as Senator from New York) and John Edwards (six years as Senator from North Carolina). Barack's first eight years spent in the Illinois senate before his two years (and counting) of service in the U.S. Senate, should not be forgotten. Far away from the Washington spotlight, he introduced, voted on and passed bills, debated with his colleagues—something that was missing in Washington, where everything is settled in the backroom—and arduously worked to satisfy his constituents. Most important of all, he learned that how to work across the aisle, and get stuff done. "When you come in, especially as a freshman, and work on something like ethics reform, it's not necessarily a way to endear yourself to some of the veteran members of the Illinois General Assembly," said state Sen. Kirk W. Dillard, a Republican who became a friend. "And working on issues like racial profiling was contentious, but Barack had a way both intellectually and in demeanor that defused skeptics." Washington Post "In the Illinois State Senate, this meant working with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. He also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases." He has continued this inclusive and productive style of work in the U.S. Senate: "In the U.S. Senate, he has focused on tackling the challenges of a globalized, 21st century world with fresh thinking and a politics that no longer settles for the lowest common denominator. His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars are spent. He has also been the lead voice in championing ethics reform that would root out Jack Abramoff-style corruption in Congress. As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan. Recognizing the terrorist threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, he traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world. And knowing the threat we face to our economy and our security from America's addiction to oil, he's working to bring auto companies, unions, farmers, businesses and politicians of both parties together to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards in our cars." This experience in public office is just a taste of what makes Obama ready for the presidency. He has had a goulash of a life. He was born to white a woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya in Hawaii, then moved to Indonesia for five years with his step-father from ages six to ten. After returning to Hawaii for middle and high school, he went Occidental College, a liberal arts school in L.A. After a couple years at Occidental, he transferred to Columbia University, where he majored in political science with a specialization in International Relations. After graduating, he went to work as a community organizer in Chicago. Following three years of helping some of Chicago's poorest residents recover from a steel mill closing through job training programs, he went to Harvard Law. There, he became the first black editor of the Harvard Law Review. Instead of seeking a high paying job upon graduating from Harvard, he returned to Chicago and went back to the neighborhood communities by organizing and helping to register 150,000 voters. He then began working at a civil rights firm and went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He did all of this before his career in politics began. His ability to understand and earn respect from political opponents while being a genuine progressive; his success in the classroom and on the street; and his unparalleled background have helped him become the intelligent, fair, and courageous leader he is today. Before the war in Iraq in 2002, he exclaimed: "Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power.... The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors...and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda. I am not opposed to all wars. I'm opposed to dumb wars. So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president."