November 2008
11/05/08On the Way
Sitting on a small campaign jet during Barack Obama's 2004 race for the U.S. Senate, I found myself lost in thought. The candidate, dressed in a crisp white shirt and striped tie, sat a few feet in front of me and to the right. I was staring ahead without realizing that I was looking directly at Obama himself, until the aspiring U.S. senator interrupted my rambling thoughts: "Hey, Mendell, what are you looking at?" he asked with a puzzled look... Posted at 11:02 AM in The Run-Up | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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The Run-Up counts down to Election Day 2008 with analysis by journalist David Mendell. Mendell—who wrote about urban issues, politics, and national news for the Chicago Tribune from 1998 until this summer—covered Barack Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign and has written the leading biography of the presidential candidate. Obama: From Promise to Power was released by HarperCollins Publishers in August 2007. Mendell, a native of Cincinnati, lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
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