


The senator is a global man for the age of globalization, and his story is now familiar. His life has given him many reasons to be wry. Obama also demonstrates a wry sense of humor. It presents a man of relative youth yet maturity, a wise observer of the human condition, a figure who possesses perseverance and writing skills that have flashes of grandeur. While exhibiting his leadership attributes, life experiences and personal qualities, largely in anecdotal form, this book also displays reasonably wide and thoughtful, if occasionally predictable, responses to domestic controversies and underscores that in his brief time as the junior senator from Illinois, he has been exposed to conflicts in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and elsewhere. In certain ways, “The Audacity of Hope” qualifies as Senator Barack Obama’s thesis submission. In a more perfect world, a graduate program complete with a doctoral thesis might be required of all those seeking the presidency.
