: About Me

When Barack Obama began his campaign off the heels of his best-selling political manifesto, The Audacity of Hope, his goal was to furnish a hopeful image with the promise of change. The media perpetuated the idea of Obama as an inspirational leader, with many people speaking of him in almost messianic terms. He talked about lofty ideas such as "the politics of hope" - now a joke in press releases from the Clinton campaign. For a moment, it seemed that Obama was signaling a new era of unity politics, where political discussions would be centered on unifying issues like climate change and gl...