Martin Dupuis is assistant dean of the Burnett Honors College and associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. Keith Boeckelman is professor of political science at Western Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

". . . offers an insightful account and analysis of Obama's meteoric rise and unprecedented mass appeal to the American people. . . . Recommended …"Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgments1 From the South Side to Statewide2 Will It Play in Peoria? The U.S. Senate Primary Campaign3 "Jesus Wouldn't Vote for Obama"—Alan Keyes: The U.S. Senate General Election4 "Money Is the Mother's Milk of Politics"—Raising Money and Spreading the Wealth5 Overcoming a Funny Last Name: Media and the Vote in the U.S. Senate Campaign6 Barack Obama and Post-Racial Politics in the U.S. Senate Campaign7 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington8 "There Is No Red or Blue America": Obama's Message9 Lessons of Obama's Political Career, 1996–200710 The Road to the White HouseAppendix A Elective and Electoral History of Barack Obama, 1996–2009Appendix B Illinois State Senator Obama's Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts (July 27, 2004)Appendix C Senator Obama's Presidential Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, Illinois (February 10, 2007)Appendix D Senator Obama's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado (August 28, 2008)Appendix E President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech, Chicago, Illinois (November 4, 2008)NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Martin Dupuis is assistant dean of the Burnett Honors College and associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. Keith Boeckelman is professor of political science at Western Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

". . . offers an insightful account and analysis of Obama's meteoric rise and unprecedented mass appeal to the American people. . . . Recommended …"Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgments1 From the South Side to Statewide2 Will It Play in Peoria? The U.S. Senate Primary Campaign3 "Jesus Wouldn't Vote for Obama"—Alan Keyes: The U.S. Senate General Election4 "Money Is the Mother's Milk of Politics"—Raising Money and Spreading the Wealth5 Overcoming a Funny Last Name: Media and the Vote in the U.S. Senate Campaign6 Barack Obama and Post-Racial Politics in the U.S. Senate Campaign7 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington8 "There Is No Red or Blue America": Obama's Message9 Lessons of Obama's Political Career, 1996–200710 The Road to the White HouseAppendix A Elective and Electoral History of Barack Obama, 1996–2009Appendix B Illinois State Senator Obama's Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts (July 27, 2004)Appendix C Senator Obama's Presidential Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, Illinois (February 10, 2007)Appendix D Senator Obama's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado (August 28, 2008)Appendix E President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech, Chicago, Illinois (November 4, 2008)NotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Martin Dupuis is assistant dean of the Burnett Honors College and associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. Keith Boeckelman is professor of political science at Western Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

". . . offers an insightful account and analysis of Obama's meteoric rise and unprecedented mass appeal to the American people. . . . Recommended …"Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition.

• Series ForewordAcknowledgments1 From the South Side to Statewide2 Will It Play in Peoria? The U.S. Senate Primary Campaign3 "Jesus Wouldn't Vote for Obama"—Alan Keyes: The U.S. Senate General Election4 "Money Is the Mother's Milk of Politics"—Raising Money and Spreading the Wealth5 Overcoming a Funny Last Name: Media and the Vote in the U.S. Senate Campaign6 Barack Obama and Post-Racial Politics in the U.S. Senate Campaign7 Mr. Obama Goes to Washington8 "There Is No Red or Blue America": Obama's Message9 Lessons of Obama's Political Career, 1996–200710 The Road to the White HouseAppendix A Elective and Electoral History of Barack Obama, 1996–2009Appendix B Illinois State Senator Obama's Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, Massachusetts (July 27, 2004)Appendix C Senator Obama's Presidential Candidacy Announcement, Springfield, Illinois (February 10, 2007)Appendix D Senator Obama's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado (August 28, 2008)Appendix E President-Elect Obama's Victory Speech, Chicago, Illinois (November 4, 2008)NotesSelected BibliographyIndex