Barack Obama's Kevo

* On "inexperience": he wrote policy books that media ignores. (Oct 2007)
* Don't know if life beyond earth; focus on life here on earth. (Oct 2007)
* Reach out to faith community;faith has role in public square. (Sep 2007)
* Voted with Democratic Party 96.0% of 251 votes. (Sep 2007)
* People have an urgent desire for change in Washington. (Jul 2007)
* Replace partisan bickering with politics of hope. (Feb 2007)
* Assigned RFK's Senate desk; invokes RFK regularly. (Feb 2007)
* Hopefund PAC donated $500K to Democratic Senate candidates. (Nov 2006)
* Convention speech understood country yearns for unity. (Oct 2006)
* Portrayed as a multiplier instead of a divider. (Oct 2006)
* Religious concerns ok, if translated into universal values. (Oct 2006)
* Post-1960s politics more about moral attitude than issues. (Oct 2006)
* Americans dislike partisanship--not solution like Dems think. (Oct 2006)
* Greatness based on Declaration of Independence, not military. (Jul 2004)
* Unflinching progressive but ok to downstate conservatives. (Jul 2004)
* There's a call to evangelize in politics. (Apr 2004)
* I'm a big believer in the separation of church and state. (Apr 2004)
* Be strong or be clever and make peace. (Aug 1996)
* Guilt is a luxury that not everyone can afford. (Aug 1996)
* Lost Congressional primary in 1999 to Bobby Rush. (Feb 2007)

Campaign Themes
* Turn the page: invite GOP & independents to join in agenda. (Sep 2007)
* A "hopemonger", having seen the power of hope. (Jun 2007)
* Washington can change if we say: Yes we can. (Mar 2007)
* Source of his book title "Audacity of Hope" was a sermon. (Feb 2007)
* On cover of Time magazine, about his book & presidency. (Oct 2006)
* Progressives should recognize common morality with religion. (Oct 2006)
* "Audacity of Hope" to change politics to reflect common good. (Oct 2006)
* Offer real hope-not blind optimism-to the American people. (Jul 2004)
* I'm living my parents' dreams and the American dream. (Jul 2004)
* We are one people all defending the United States of America. (Jul 2004)
* Want common-sense solutions, not liberal-conservative labels. (Jul 2004)

Personal History
* Active in the Trinity faith community. (Aug 2007)
* Most decisive moment: transition from high school to college. (Aug 2007)
* Traces ancestry to Jefferson Davis, President of Confederacy. (Feb 2007)
* Personal story is basis of political desire to unite. (Feb 2007)
* Greeted as hero on visit to ancestral Kenya. (Feb 2007)
* Father died in car crash before Barack got to know him. (Feb 2007)
* Born in Hawaii; lives on Chicago's South Side. (Nov 2006)
* Full name: Barack Hussein Obama; family calls him "Barry". (Oct 2006)
* Raised secular, but with working knowledge of world religion. (Oct 2006)
* Baptized as an adult in the Trinity United Church of Christ. (Oct 2006)
* First black president of the Harvard Law Review. (Jul 2004)
* Ryan quits Senate race amid sex scandal allegations. (Jun 2004)
* Mother attacked for playing with a black girlfriend. (Aug 1996)
* Poverty of political organizers was proof of their integrity. (Aug 1996)
* Spent time in both Muslim and Catholic schools. (Aug 1996)

Racism & Race
* Catching a cab, no one questions he's "authentically black". (Jul 2007)
* Candidacy taken seriously despite his race or because of it? (Oct 2006)
* Convention keynote speech highlights party's black targeting. (Jul 2004)
* America's race and class problems are intertwined. (Aug 1996)
* Biracial heritage has caused identity crisis. (Aug 1996)
* There is some hope of eventual reconciliation between races. (Aug 1996)
* Racism wasn't merely the cruelty involved, but arrogance too. (Aug 1996)

Voting Record
* Biggest mistake was intruding in Terri Schiavo case. (Apr 2007)
* Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice. (Jan 2006)
* Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (Sep 2005)