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008			170913s2008 nyu 001 0aeng d
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040			_cQCPL
082			_a92
100	1		_aObama, Barack _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe audacity of hope _b: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream _c/ Barack Obama
250			_aFirst edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bVintage Books, _c2008
300			_a448 pages
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aSenator 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.
600			_aObama, Barack, _d1961-
650			_aLegislators _zUnited States _vBiography
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
690			_aPolitics