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Presents a series of quotations by and about President Barack Obama describing his thoughts on topics including his heritage and family, state and national politics, the issues of the day, community activism and service, and race and faith.

Contains 150 photographs that document the political campaign that led to Barack Obama's nomination as the first African-American candidate of the Democratic Party for president of the United States in 2008.

Social critic and activist Ralph Nader chronicles the 2000 presidential campaign, in which he ran for the Green Party, and discusses weaknesses in the other parties and the future of the political system.

Henry Burton signs on as a staff member working on the presidential campaign of Jack Stanton, the governor of a small southern state, and gets an education in the workings of American politics as played by the draft-dodging, womanizing, charm-oozing Stanton.

Describes the forces that have changed American politics in these 25 years and discusses the campaign and election of 1980.

Presents what candidates Clinton and Gore proposed for America prior to their election.