Barack Obama The Audacity Of Hope

Barack Obama The Audacity Of Hope by Barack Obama In July
2004 four years before his presidency Barack Obama
electrified the Democratic National Convention with an
address that spoke to Americans across the political
spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in
listeners’ minds a reminder that for all the discord and
struggle to be found in our history as a nation we have
always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future or
what Obama called “the audacity of hope.” The Audacity of
Hope is Barack Obama’s call 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 improbable experiment in 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 also writes with surprising intimacy and
self-deprecating humor about settling in as a senator
seeking to balance the demands of public service and
family life and his own deepening religious commitment. At
the heart of this book is Barack Obama’s vision of how we
can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems.
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—where it is
vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his
stories is a vigorous search for connection: the
foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.
Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our
Constitution Obama says can Americans repair a political
process that is broken and restore to working order a
government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with
millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out
there he writes—“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to
catch up with them.”