In the New York Times article "Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History", Michael Powell digs into Barack Obama's captivating appeal to so many people. I found this article very interesting because I remember seeing Barack Obama in an interview a while before he announced he would be running for president and just thinking "wow". Usually i can not bear to listen to politicians, but there is something in Obama's candor that makes him extremely charismatic and easy to side with. It is interesting to see that he has continued to have this affect on a wide audience of people. I liked this article because it explores Obama's character and history in relation to this affect he has on people. The article mentions the amount of ambition it took for Obama to reach where he is now in such a relatively short period. I believe that this shows that charisma and ambition can be as important in campaigning as a candidate's amount of experience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/us/politics/04obama.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
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