Many pundits refer to this speech as the one which placed Illinois State Senator Obama before the national electorate and where he established himself as a different type of black American politician. Senate from Illinois when he was invited to give the keynote address at the Democratic Convention in Boston. Obama was on his way to an easy victory in his campaign for the U.S. The origins of this “improbable” campaign, to use Obama’s words, can be traced to July 27, 2004. Professor Simba reminds us of the many challenges faced by the campaign as well as the daring and innovative strategies it successfully employed to make relative political newcomer Obama the 44th President of the United States.īarack Obama’s campaign for the Presidency in 2008 has been described by many political analysts as “brilliant” and “virtually flawless.” Despite his inexperience in national politics and limited experience in state politics (Obama was first elected to political office in 1994), he assembled a remarkably cohesive and effective “no drama” campaign team which in turn helped him craft and deliver his message of hope and change that ultimately resonated with the majority of American voters on election night, November 4, 2008. In the following account California State University, Fresno history professor Malik Simba summarizes the 2008 presidential campaign of Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

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