More On Obama

Check out this DKos diary for more on why I support Obama for president. It's long so I wont post it here, but please read it, at least the gray box excerpts to get a sense of who he is and what he has done in his life: Obama, Community Organizer, Back In The Day

This guy is the real deal, people. Just as progressive (I'd say moreso) and effective than Clinton(s), but with more character, better political judgement…and without the considerable political baggage.

Oh, and here's a very brief synopsis of his early career and education:

At Columbia, Obama majored in political science with an emphasis on international affairs, while developing a strong interest in community activism. After graduating, in 1983, he accepted a job working with displaced steelworkers in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled at Harvard Law School, where he became the first African-American president of the Law Review and, in his last semester, ran for the Board of Overseers as one of three (unsuccessful) petition candidates backed by Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid. (Media attention led to a book deal that became Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, a thoughtful reflection on his unique heritage.) After law school, he served as the Illinois state director for Project Vote Smart, an organization that enlisted more than 100,000 new voters in the state, mostly in minority communities, in 1992.

Later in the 90s he taught law at Univ. of Chicago.