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How Barack Obama Became Backable: From Being Perceived as Boring to Winning Presidency

How Barack Obama Became Backable: From Being Perceived as Boring to Winning Presidency

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Jun 04, 2021
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Four years before Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech (The very speech that made him President), he ran for Congress and was defeated by a two-to-one margin. After the loss, the Obama family was $ 60,000 in debt. Barack Obama seriously considered quitting politics as a career.

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