The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Obama is the man baby, the next president in 2008! This book is GREAT, and everyone should read it. Sorry my review is not a novel like everyone else.

I enjoyed listening to Obama's first book on CD, "Dreams of My Father." I respected how honest he was about his struggles of growing up, being raised by a white mother and grandparents, but appearing black to others. Dreams of my father was about his childhood and early adult years. Now that the election is close, I wanted to know more about his political positions, so this was exactly that.

I view myself as a logical, sensible person, so I connected with this book. The story gives a good historical overview of politics from what we could read in textbooks, in addition to the inside scoop and a veiwpoint from someone with a law degree, professor and U.S. Senator.

I'm a pediatric nurse, so I am very aware of the greatness and downfalls of our medical system. People may not believe the stories like he told; the man who had been a foreman at the closed steel plant, lost his health care coverage, was willing to and would be forced to sell everything so his son could get a needed liver transplant. For middle-class America, those stories are plenty.

This book was on the dry side compared to Dreams of my father, but it was about politics! It was more interesting than any other poliitcal book I've read. Barack was just as open about the stuggles and the issues he pondered. He genuinely wants to make the best choices and really consider the impacts of decisions.

He has my vote.

If you want to get to know who might be your next president and what makes him tick and how he will lead, you need look no further than this book. Through his candid narration of his experiences as an Illinois Senator and U.S. Senator and "politician", you will learn about this extrordianary fellow citizen who will give you insight into what it would be like to enter into Washington politics and yet remain human.

What do you think? What do other people think? This man has the audacity to ask, to care, to share, and want to improve things through democracy like we've always dreamed about, and never could achieve.

This is a great book. A great person. May his dreams come true. And, if you, too, care to share opinions and take back polling from powerful self-interests, then go to urtak.com

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I expected a little less fluff and a little more substance. I was greatly disappointed.