E-mail a friendOctober 18, 2007
White House hopeful Illinois Sen. Barack Obama discusses getting beyond the gridlock of the Democratic Party of the ‘90s, his support among Black voters.
Sen. Barack Obama
Sen. Barack Obama
Illinois Senator discusses being distantly related to Dick Cheney. (1:22)
Full interview. (23:57)
After months of speculation on whether he would run in '08, Illinois' junior senator Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the White House in February ‘07. He's proven to be a stellar fund-raiser and a popular candidate. The only African American in the U.S. Senate, Obama is a Harvard Law School grad—and the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review—a former civil rights lawyer and former state senator. His committee assignments include Foreign Relations, Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security.
