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Barack Obama
This Improbable Quest
By Wilson, John Dover
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59451-476-0
- Publisher
- Paradigm Publishers
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Reviewed on February 1, 2008
Regarding freshman U.S. Senator Barack Obama's quixotic (at least by conventional standards) quest for the Oval Office, these books fall between the usual extremes of unabashedly promotional and critical policy analysis. The more thought-provoking is Steele's (senior fellow, Hoover Inst., Stanford Univ.; White Guilt), who argues that while he shares much in common with Obama, he is convinced that the senator cannot prevail in his race for the White House. In his brief polemic, almost a literary jazzlike riff on U.S. politics, race relations, and contemporary sociology, Steele examines the significance and implications of Obama's candidacy, concluding that while it is historical-even iconic-he cann...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
