TY  - BOOK
AU  - Obama,Barack
TI  - The audacity of hope: : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream
SN  - 9780307455871
U1  - 92 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Obama, Barack,
KW  - Legislators
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes index
N2  - Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans
ER  -