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1、RipbyXmosRipsRipbyXmosRipsContentsTitlePageDedicationPrologueCHAPTERONE:RepublicansandDemocratsCHAPTERTWO:ValuesCHAPTERTHREE:OurConstitutionCHAPTERFOUR:PoliticsCHAPTERFIVE:OpportunityCHAPTERSIX:FaithCHAPTERSEVEN:RaceCHAPTEREIGHT:TheWorldBeyondOurBordersCHAPTERNINE:Fa
2、milyEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAbouttheAuthorAlsobyBarackObamaCopyrightRipbyXmosRipsPrologueIT’SBEENALMOSTtenyearssinceIfirstranforpoliticaloffice.Iwasthirty-fiveatthetime,fouryearsoutoflawschool,recentlymarried,andgenerallyimpatientwithlife.AseatintheIllinoislegislature
3、hadopenedup,andseveralfriendssuggestedthatIrun,thinkingthatmyworkasacivilrightslawyer,andcontactsfrommydaysasacommunityorganizer,wouldmakemeaviablecandidate.Afterdiscussingitwithmywife,Ienteredtheraceandproceededtodowhateveryfirst-timecandidatedoes:Italkedtoanyonewho
4、wouldlisten.Iwenttoblockclubmeetingsandchurchsocials,beautyshopsandbarbershops.Iftwoguyswerestandingonacorner,Iwouldcrossthestreettohandthemcampaignliterature.AndeverywhereIwent,I’dgetsomeversionofthesametwoquestions.“Where’dyougetthatfunnyname?”Andthen:“Youseemlikea
5、niceenoughguy.Whydoyouwanttogointosomethingdirtyandnastylikepolitics?”Iwasfamiliarwiththequestion,avariantonthequestionsaskedofmeyearsearlier,whenI’dfirstarrivedinChicagotoworkinlow-incomeneighborhoods.Itsignaledacynicismnotsimplywithpoliticsbutwiththeverynotionofapu
6、bliclife,acynicismthat—atleastintheSouthSideneighborhoodsIsoughttorepresent—hadbeennourishedbyagenerationofbrokenpromises.Inresponse,IwouldusuallysmileandnodandsaythatIunderstoodtheskepticism,butthattherewas—andalwayshadbeen—anothertraditiontopolitics,atraditionthats
7、tretchedfromthedaysofthecountry’sfoundingtothegloryofthecivilrightsmovement,atraditionbasedonthesimpleideathatwehaveastakeinoneanother,andthatwhatbindsustogetherisgreaterthanwhatdrivesusapart,andthatifenoughpeoplebelieveinthetruthofthatpropositionandactonit,thenwemig
8、htnotsolveeveryproblem,butwecangetsomethingmeaningfuldone.Itwasaprettyconvincingspeech,Ithought.AndalthoughI’mnotsurethatthepeoplew
