Person of the Year 2008

In one of the craziest elections in American history, Barack Obama overcame a lack of experience, a funny name, two candidates who are political institutions and the racial divide to become the 44th President of the United States

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Obama's Chicago Roots

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A community member and the man who hired him to come to Chicago describe the young man named Barack who came to the city's south side in 1985

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