Barack Hussein Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father
was a black man (also named Barack Hussein Obama) born in Africa and his mother
was a
white woman born in Kansas.
Obama graduated from Columbia in 1983.
Obama then moved to Chicago where he worked as a community organizer for
three, when he moved to Massachusetts so that he could attend
Harvard Law School. He graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in
1991.
He moved back to Chicago at that time and married Michelle Robinson in 1992. They
have had two daughters, the first Malia Ann was born in 1998 and the second
Natasha was born in 2001.
On February 10, 2007 Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic
nomination. At the time Hillary Clinton was considered a huge favorite to win the
nomination.
The race for the Democratic primary became a battle between Obama & Clinton as
the other challengers quickly fell by the wayside. The battle continued on into June
as
Clinton would not give in until the very end despite Obama's clear mathematical
advantage beginning in February.
In the general election Obama selected Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential running
mate and they faced Republican John McCain who made a huge mistake by selecting
the
unqualified Sarah Palin as his running mate.
On November 4th Obama easily defeated McCain became the first black person
(biracial to be more accurate) to be elected as President of the United States.
President Barack Obama gave his victory speech at Grant Park in his home city of
Chicago, Illinois,[2] on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000.
Viewed on television and the Internet by millions of people around the
globe, Obama's speech focused on the major issues facing the United
States and the world, all echoed through his campaign slogan of change. He also
mentioned his grandmother, who had died two nights earlier.
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Obama spoke of the core issues facing the United States at the time, among them
the economy, the Iraq War and the onset of global warming.
"Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in
the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There
are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder
