This is only a very partial list of what he's been able to
accomplish. There is so much more, that it would really
be too much to list. You can check it out on Wikipedia.
Attended Occidental College, graduated from Columbia and Harvard Law
(got in all on his own--no rich daddy)
Editor of Harvard Law Review, based in part on high grades
Elected President of Harvard Law Review
Graduated with a JD magna cum laude
Community organizer--Director of Developing Communities Project
"During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from 1
to 13 and its annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, with
accomplishments including helping set up a job training program, a
college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights
organization"
Civil Rights attorney
Taught Con Law at U of Chicago Law School from 92 to 2004
U of Chicago wanted Obama on their faculty so much
they provided him with a fellowship and an office in which
to write his first book, Dreams From My Father
"In 1993 Obama joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 12-attorney
law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood
economic development, where he was an associate for three years from
1993 to 1996"
"Obama directed Illinois Project Vote from April to October 1992, a
voter registration drive with a staff of 10 and 700 volunteers that
achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered
African Americans in the state, leading Crain's Chicago Business to
name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be."
Elected to Illinois Senate in 96, 98 and 2002
"During his 2004 general election campaign for U.S. Senate, police
representatives credited Obama for his active engagement with police
organizations in enacting death penalty reforms.[34] Obama resigned
from the Illinois Senate in November 2004 following his election to
the US Senate."
Delivered keynote address at Dem Convention in 2004
Elected to US Senate in 2004 with 70% of vote
