He is a lawyer AND a Law Professor AND a published successful author - he worked for a prestigious law firm in Chicago, as a matter of fact it's where he met Michelle.
After high school, Obama studied at Occidental College in Los Angeles for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York, graduating in 1983 with a degree in political science. After working in the business sector for two years, Obama moved to Chicago in 1985. There, he worked on the South Side as a community organizer for low-income residents in the Roseland and the Altgeld Gardens communities.
After law school, Obama returned to Chicago to practice as a civil rights lawyer, joining the firm of Miner, Barnhill & Galland. He also taught at the University of Chicago Law School, and helped organize voter registration drives during Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. On October 3, 1992, he and Michelle were married. They moved to Kenwood, on Chicago's South Side, and welcomed two daughters: Malia (born 1998) and Sasha (born 2001).
Obama published his autobiography in 1995 Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. The work received high praise from literary figures such as Toni Morrison and has since been printed in 10 languages, including Chinese, Swedish and Hebrew. The book had a second printing in 2004, and is currently being adapted into a children's version. The 2006 audiobook version of Dreams, which was narrated by Obama, received a Grammy award for Best Spoken Word Album.
Obama's advocacy work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate as a Democrat. He won election in 1996. During these years, Obama worked with both Democrats and Republicans in drafting legislation on ethics, expanded health care services, and early childhood education programs for the poor. He also created a state earned-income tax credit for the working poor. Obama became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee as well, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, he worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.
In 2000, Obama made an unsuccessful Democratic primary run for the U. S. House of Representatives seat held by four-term incumbent candidate Bobby Rush. Undeterred, Obama created a campaign committee in 2002, and began raising funds to run in the 2004 U.S. Senate Race. With the help of political consultant David Axelrod, Obama began assessing his prospects of a Senate win.
Of course he won, his opponent was whacktard Alan Keyes.. lolol. The guy who 'could' have beaten him BACKED out of the campaign, his name was Jack Ryan, and he was a wealthy former investment banker. However, Ryan withdrew from the race in June 2004, following public disclosure of unsubstantiated sexual deviancy allegations by Ryan's ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. .. also Obama wrote and published another book in 2006 which immediately became no. 1 on BOTH the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers lists.. The Obamas made a couple of million off the book, If I remember right I think they were worth .. maybe two or three mil.. before his run for the presidency ..
Anyway , here is where I picked up and ccpasted this info for you, of course there is much more .. you can keep it on file for your education so you do not come out looking dumb by people. AND I must say I am so glad Obama did not make choices to 'be a business man'... and just LIVE for profit.. . as so many ordinary people do OR HAVE to as it is the ONLY CHOICE they have .. .. and perhaps even you..we have all noticed the spiritual vacuum in people who only have 'ONE' choice. Obama had it all .. ALL the choices, he chose to serve the people .. We need more Obama's and less unscrupulous profit monsters !
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