CHAPTER 8: POLITICS.
aUpon my returna,a: Obama, Dreams from My Father.
Alice Palmer material: Sunya Walls, aAlice Palmer Withdraws from Race for Re-election,a Chicago Weekend, Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, January 1996.
aSince she endorseda,a: Obama quoted in the aInc.a column, Chicago Tribune, Judy Hevrdejs and Mike Conklin, December 1995.
aIave since discovereda,a: Alice Palmer quoted in aCandidate Not What He Seems, Foes Insist,a Salim Muwakkil, Chicago Sun-Times, February 1996.
aThe political debatea,a and aAny solutiona,a: Obama quoted by Hank De Zutter in the Chicago Reader, December 1995.
avacuous-to-repressivea,a: Muwakkil, February 1996.
aat the swearing-ina,a: Illinois politico discussion with author, January 2004.
aI am thinkinga,a aI saida,a aWe are drivinga,a aHeas nota,a and aIt was just a greata,a: Dan Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
aBuy him a blacka,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, January 2004.
aSo I askeda,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
aMy grandmothera,a: Obama discussion with author, August 2004.
CHAPTER 9: THE LEGISLATOR.
aThe fact thata,a: Kirk Dillard interview with author, September 2004.
aIt wasnat likea,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
aThe first few yearsa,a: Rich Miller quoted in aHow Obama Learned to Be a Natural,a Edward McClelland, Salon.com, February 2007.
aHe didnat thinka,a: Obama a.s.sociate interview with author, 2004.
aThis sets the standarda,a: Obama quoted in a.s.sociated Press, May 1998.
ajust give Barack h.e.l.la,a: Kimberly Lightford interview with author, March 2007.
aI have been adviseda,a: Rickey Hendon interview with author, September 2006.
aObama is interesteda,a: Don Wiener opposition research report, 2004.
aHe is idealistica,a: John Bouman interview with author, September 2004.
aI always founda,a: Joe Birkett discussion with author, October 2006.
aThe most importanta,a: Obama interview with author, September 2004.
aMembers of botha,a: Dillard interview with author, September 2004.
aBarack is vieweda,a: Donne Trotter quoted in aIs Bobby Rush in Trouble?a Ted Kleine, Chicago Reader, March 2000.
aThere are whispersa,a: Kleine, March 2000.
arising stara,a: editorial, Chicago Tribune, March 2000.
aWhat was interestinga,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aWhatas fascinatinga,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aWhat Iave founda,a: Obama discussion with author, January 2004.
aIall never forgeta,a: Obama discussion with author, February 2004.
aThere was justa,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
aIam angered, franklya,a: George Ryan quoted in aRyan Comes Up Short,a Rick Pearson/Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, December 1999.
aSen. Barack Obamaa,a: editorial, Chicago Tribune, March 2000.
aThis vote wasa,a: Bobby Rush, quoted in Chicago Tribune, December 1999.
aI cannot sacrificea,a: Obama in press conference, January 2000.
aProving the politicala,a: David Mendell, aObama Defends Decision to Miss Anti-Crime Vote,a Chicago Tribune, January 2000.
aLess than halfwaya,a: Obama, The Audacity of Hope.
Congressional debate material: Rush-Obama-Trotter debate video courtesy of WTTW-TV, Chicago.
aJust whatasa,a: Ibid.
CHAPTER 10: THE NEW ROCh.e.l.lE TRAIN.
aBobby just ainata,a and aIt made me realizea,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aBarack, you didnata,a: Wright interview with author, November 2006.
aIn his racea,a: Abner Mikva interview with author, October 2004.
aI was brokea,a: Obama press interviews in Boston, July 2004.
aHe is motivateda,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
aIam surea,a: Dunham interview with author, October 2004.
aThere were a rangea,a: Obama interview with author, October 2004.
aEmil is drivena,a: Obama discussion with author, February 2004.
aI am blesseda,a: Emil Jones Jr. discussion with author, February 2004.
aHe always talkeda,a: Kellman interview with author, March 2006.
aI am thinkinga,a: Sh.o.m.on interview with author, January 2005.
CHAPTER 11: THE CANDIDATE.
aI put Mich.e.l.lea,a and aSuddenly Adelsteinasa,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.
aThe big issuea,a and aUltimatelya,a: Mich.e.l.le Obama interview with author, December 2006.
aSo I told Dana,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.
aBarack says he wantsa,a aI guaranteea,a and aSo we all saida,a: Marty Nesbitt interview with author, October 2005.
aWe had known Baracka,a: Penny Pritzker interview with author, February 2006.
aWe were pullinga,a: David Axelrod discussion with author, December 2004.
aIf I were youa,a: David Axelrod from author interview with Obama, December 2004.
aThere was no waya,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.
aBut the problem wasa,a: Obama confidante discussion with author, early 2005.
aShe felt that [Obama]a,a: Axelrod interview with author, December 2004.
aMy name shoulda,a: Obama from author interview with Wright, November 2006.
aHe had gonea,a: Wright interview with Manya Brachear of the Chicago Tribune, October 2006.
aI didnat grow upa,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.
CHAPTER 12: THE CONSULTANT.
aGuys I Never Wanta,a: Ed Rollins, Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms (New York: Broadway, 1996).
aI just wanted to goa,a: Axelrod interview with the author, June 2005.
aDad never shareda,a: David Axelrod, aThe Truth about My Fatheras Death,a Chicago Tribune, June 2006.
aIt was just all abouta,a: Axelrod discussion with author, January 2004.
aDavid was in his glorya,a: lobbyist discussion with author, December 2004.
aHe was a meala,a: Axelrod discussion with author, December 2004.
aI would have madea,a and aYou know, I heara,a: Axelrod interview with author, December 2004.
aHe came ina,a and aWhen he speaksa,a: Bettylu Saltzman interview with author, April 2005.
athere will bea,a and aI knew that thisa,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.
aThatas the speecha,a: Obama interview with author, August 2006.
aBought himselfa,a: Obama quoted in aLegislator in Race to Unseat Fitzgerald,a Pearson/Chase, Chicago Tribune, January 2003.
aMy involvement wasa,a and aIn a cla.s.sic waya,a: Axelrod interview with author, December 2004.
CHAPTER 13: THE RACE FACTOR.
Jones-Obama conversation: Jones interview with author, January 2007.
aBeing in the majoritya,a: Obama interview with author, December 2004.