Excerpts from Senator Barack Obama's NEW Book!

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The book world has been good to Sen. Barack Obama.

The success of his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," led to a $1.9 million advance for two other books. Today, he released the first excerpt from his next title, "The Audacity of Hope."

The official publication date of the book is Oct. 10, but already the marketing campaign is well underway....

ON HIS ELECTION:

There was no point in denying my almost spooky good fortune. I was an outlier, a freak; to political insiders, my victory proved nothing.

No wonder then that upon my arrival in Washington that January, I felt like the rookie who shows up after the game, his uniform spotless, eager to play, even as his mudsplattered teammates tend to their wounds.

ON TODAY'S PARTISANSHIP:

When Democrats rush up to me at events and insist that we live in the worst of political times, that a creeping fascism is closing its grip around our throats, I may mention the internment of Japanese Americans under FDR, the Alien and Sedition laws under Adams, or a hundred years of lynching under several dozen administrations as having been possibly worse, and suggest we all take a deep breath.

When people at dinner parties ask me how I can possibly operate in the current political environment, with all the negative campaigning and personal attacks, I remind them of Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, or some guy in a Chinese or Egyptian prison somewhere. In truth, being called names is not such a bad deal.

Still, I am not immune to distress. And like most Americans, I find it hard to shake the feeling these days that our democracy has gone seriously awry.

ON BEING A SENATOR:

By the time we reach the floor and the clerk starts calling the roll, each of the senators will have determined—in consultation with his or her staff, caucus leader, preferred lobbyists, interest groups, and ideological leanings—just how to position themselves on the issue.

In the world’s greatest deliberative body, no one is listening.

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[MadMaddie]

1. Another book to add to the reading list...

[Horse with no Name]

2. Just another Republican apologist in Democratic clothing

"When Democrats rush up to me at events and insist that we live in the worst of political times, that a creeping fascism is closing its grip around our throats, I may mention the internment of Japanese Americans under FDR, the Alien and Sedition laws under Adams, or a hundred years of lynching under several dozen administrations as having been possibly worse, and suggest we all take a deep breath."

This guy was a bill of goods. But I'll say one thing...he is definitely carrying Republican water while simultaneously keeping the Democratic powder dry.

[Placebo]

3. Oh c'mon.

:eyes:

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Thanks, Placebo!

[mtnsnake]

5. I love how Obama inspires. I have a question

a question that's off topic. How do you make those blocks of text appear in shaded gray boxes like you did in your post? What's the html for that? Thanks

Back to your post, I bought his first book recently, but I haven't read it yet. I'm looking forward to reading it soon and then eventually reading the one you posted here.

[Placebo]

6. Quite simple...

:hi:

[mtnsnake]

7. Thanks!!

Quite simple...

Muchas gracias!

:hi: