2004年，奥巴马在民主党全国代表大会上发表题为“无畏的希望”的政策演讲而惊艳四座，使得他一举而名动天下，成为民主党的政治新星。以自由派为主的全 美各大媒体对他青睐有加，称其为民主党近几十年来少有的有思想兼有能力的政治家。而今，奥巴马以“无畏的希望”为题，将他对自己从政10年来的思考，尤其 是2004年竞选参议员过程中的所见所闻，撰写成书，全面阐述他的政治理念和政策主张。《时代》周刊在该书出版之日竟推出了“何以巴拉克•奥巴马能成为下 一任美国总统”的封面报道。一时之间，政治新星奥巴马的声势几乎达到了可与民主党的另一位生力军希拉里•克林顿相提并论的地步，更有人拿他跟知名的黑人民 权运动领袖马丁•路德•金相比。
20 Second Interview: A Few Words with Barack Obama
Q: How did writing a book that you knew would be read so closely by so many compare to writing your first book, when few people knew who you were?
A: In many ways,
Dreams from My Father was harder to write. At that point, I wasn't even sure that I could write a book. And writing the first book really was a process of self-discovery, since it touched on my family and my childhood in a much more intimate way. On the other hand, writing
The Audacity of Hope paralleled the work that I do every day--trying to give shape to all the issues that we face as a country, and providing my own personal stamp on them.
Q: What is your writing process like? You have such a busy schedule, how did you find time to write?
A: I'm a night owl, so I usually wrote at night after my Senate day was over, and after my family was asleep--from 9:30 p.m. or so until 1 a.m. I would work off an outline--certain themes or stories that I wanted to tell--and get them down in longhand on a yellow pad. Then I'd edit while typing in what I'd written.
Q: If readers are to come away from
The Audacity of Hope with one action item (a New Year's Resolution for 2007, perhaps?), what should it be?
A: Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn’t matter what it is--improving the school system, developing strategies to wean ourselves off foreign oil, expanding health care for kids. We give too much of our power away, to the professional politicians, to the lobbyists, to cynicism. And our democracy suffers as a result.
Q: You're known for being able to work with people across ideological lines. Is that possible in today's polarized Washington?
A: It is possible. There are a lot of well-meaning people in both political parties. Unfortunately, the political culture tends to emphasize conflict, the media emphasizes conflict, and the structure of our campaigns rewards the negative. I write about these obstacles in chapter 4 of my book, "Politics." When you focus on solving problems instead of scoring political points, and emphasize common sense over ideology, you'd be surprised what can be accomplished. It also helps if you're willing to give other people credit--something politicians have a hard time doing sometimes.
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《无畏的希望：重申美国梦》（The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream），巴拉克•奥巴马（Barack Obama）著， 王冠出版社（Crown）2006年10月17日出版，精装本384页，定价25美元。美国参议员巴拉克•奥巴马本身的经历或许就是对“美国梦”最好的注解：其父是来自肯尼亚的黑人，其母则是堪萨斯州的白人；他本人在印尼和夏威夷长大。奥巴马儿时的经历在他的上部作品，也是其首部作品－－写于从政前的回忆录《我父亲的梦想》（Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance，1995年出版）中有详细的描述。他曾在哈佛法学院学习，后成为《哈佛法律评论》历史上的首位黑人主编；10年前，他决定投身政治生涯，成功获选伊利诺伊州的州参议员，在接下来的几年里他干得有声有色，帮助民主党击败共和党，成为州参议院的多数党；2004年他又决定竞选美国参议员并获得了成功。
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