Analysis Of Barack Obama's The Audacity Of Hope

Barack Obama came on to the political stage in 2004 when he gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. Before this momentous occasion very few people had heard of the Junior Senator from Illinois – he had only been in the Senate for eight months. He titled the speech “The Audacity of Hope” to highlight the strength and resilience of the country and to encourage people struggling to rise out of poverty and despair and help them believe in a better future for themselves, their children, their families and their country. The speech was not televised by the major television networks; after all, he wasn’t a known political figure and his name sounded foreign. His middle name would have made enough people uneasy that the networks probably didn’t want to risk upsetting a large section of their audience. When Obama left the stage that night, he walked into the

The whole world watched Barack Obama beat John McCain in the Presidential election. Months later, in January 2009 37.8 million Americans watched on television as the son of a black African man and a white woman from Wichita, Kansas was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America (The day America). Despite his mixed race he would be regarded as the 1st black President of the United States. Many celebrated, but some segments of the population was not willing to accept the reality they now faced. That segment of society was so disturbed and outraged by the result of the election that on the night of the President’s inauguration, a group of prominent Senate Republicans, including John DeMint, Jon Kyl, Tom Coburn, Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan, gathered in a restaurant to devise a plan on how to deal with the new President. A Frontline film revealed their decision: they would fight the President on everything (Inside Obama). Their grand design was to block, mock and frustrate every idea, suggestion, proposal and act from and by the