Announce my candidacy for president of the United States of america. Early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. Is he going to represent us . Is he going to take our issues seriously . People felt he wasnt black enough. Mccains crowds turned uglier. The discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. This is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. Okay, youre rolling. You obviously put a lot of thought into the decision to do this. Have you given thought to when youre successful, what would you want people to say about how america was different than the day you walked in the door . I dont think that were going to solve all our problems in eight years or ten years. One of the things about life, both for each of us and for the country as a whole, is that there are always going to be new challenges. There are always going to be new difficulties. But i hope that at the end of an obama administration, people will l
announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. early in the campaign, black people were feeling somewhat neglected. is he going to represent us? is he going to take our issues seriously? people felt he wasn t black enough. mccain s crowds turned uglier. the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. this is not a man who sees america the way that you and i see america. okay, you re rolling. you obviously put a lot of thought into the decision to do this. have you given thought to when you re successful, what would you want people to say about how america was different than the day you walked in the door? i don t think that we re going to solve all our problems in eight years or ten years. one of the things about life, both for each of us and for the country as a whole, is that there are always going to be new challenges. there are always going to be new difficulties. but i hope that at the end of an obam
traced directly to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and jim crow. the anger is real. it is powerful. and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races. in fact, a similar anger exists within segments of the white community. most working and middle-class white americans don t feel that they ve been particularly privileged by their race. their experience is the immigrant experience. as far as they re concerned, no one handed them anything. they built it from scratch. so when they are told to bus their children to a school across town, when they hear an african-american is getting an advantage and landing a good job or a spot in a good college because of an injustice that they themselves never committed,
called me. he called me three times that day. he was very worried about my prayer. i said, what? he said, you know, i go to iowa the next day. don t say anything and your prayers that s going to upset farmers. and i said, man, i m the one talking about how you brought southern illinois together to stop distrusting and mistrusting chicago. i wouldn t do that in a prayer. he called back, david s worried axelrod. david s worried, are you sure? i said, i m straight. the third call, he said, rev, rolling stone has got their hands on one of your sermons. and david feels that if i take
the campaign picked up momentum over the course of the year in iowa. we knew that if we didn t win the iowa caucuses, we were done. we had to break through there. tonight, the democratic frontrunners are in a frantic drive to rally supporters and win over converts. barack obama, hillary clinton, john edwards have been virtually tied according to some of the late polling going on surrounding this race. and just so supporters know what s at stake. tomorrow night, the future of the free world is riding on your shoulders. don t feel any pressure. i was living in atlanta and there was a watch party. and i don t think very many people really, really thought that he was going to win iowa. and then all of a sudden he won iowa. they said this country was too divided.