Summary of Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope
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#1 The Senate chamber is not the most beautiful space in the Capitol, but it is imposing nonetheless. The dun-colored walls are set off by panels of blue damask and columns of finely veined marble. Overhead, the ceiling forms a creamy white oval with an American eagle etched in its center.
#2 I remember January 4, 2005, the day I and a third of the Senate were sworn in as members of the 109th Congress. The sun was bright, the air unseasonably warm. From Illinois, Hawaii, London, and Kenya, my family and friends crowded into the Senate visitors’ gallery to cheer as my new colleagues and I stood beside the marble dais and raised our right hands.
#3 I had experienced politics first hand in the Illinois legislature, and I had come to understand how it was played. I had thought that if I could reach out to the voters directly and explain the issues in a truthful manner, they would see that politics could be different.
#4 After my victory, I felt like the rookie who showed up after the game, ready to play, even though his mud-splattered teammates tended to their wounds. Democrats told me about the fallen leader Tom Daschle, who had seen millions of dollars’ worth of negative ads rain down on him.
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Contents
Insights from Chapter 1
Insights from Chapter 2
Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 4
Insights from Chapter 5
Insights from Chapter 6
Insights from Chapter 7
Insights from Chapter 8
Insights from Chapter 9
Insights from Chapter 1
#1
The Senate chamber is not the most beautiful space in the Capitol, but it is imposing nonetheless. The dun-colored walls are set off by panels of blue damask and columns of finely veined marble. Overhead, the ceiling forms a creamy white oval with an American eagle etched in its center.
#2
I remember January 4, 2005, the day I and a third of the Senate were sworn in as members of the 109th Congress. The sun was bright, the air unseasonably warm. From Illinois, Hawaii, London, and Kenya, my family and friends crowded into the Senate visitors’ gallery to cheer as my new colleagues and I stood beside the marble dais and raised our right hands.
#3
I had experienced politics first hand in the Illinois legislature, and I had come to understand how it was played. I had thought that if I could reach out to the voters directly and explain the issues in a truthful manner, they would see that politics could be different.
#4
After my victory, I felt like the rookie who showed up after the game, ready to play, even though his mud-splattered teammates tended to their wounds. Democrats told me about the fallen leader Tom Daschle, who had seen millions of dollars’ worth of negative ads rain down on him.
#5
The election was so close that it was not possible for either party to understand what had happened. Republicans were unconstrained by the decorum of public office, and they made it clear that they did not care for the outcome.
#6
I found it hard to be upset about the election results, as I knew George Bush had won. I was not immune to distress, however, as I felt our democracy had gone seriously awry.
#7
We know that the American education system is broken, and we know that the health-care system is expensive and inefficient. We know that the battle against international terrorism is both an armed struggle and a contest of ideas. We believe ourselves to be a tolerant people, but racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape.
#8
The millions of Americans who are going about their daily lives and struggling with high gas bills, insufficient health insurance, and a pension that some bankruptcy court has rendered unenforceable, need a different type of politics.
#9
I realized that a set of unique circumstances had underwritten the stability of the governing consensus of which