This is a great series of diary posts at DailyKos. I think anybody who is honestly concerned about his experience should give them a look.
This week I've been doing / will be doing a series of diaries entitled Obama: The Only Thing You Need to Know] (Yes, the irony is apparent). Two days ago, this started with the first diary on Barack Obama's time as a constitutional law senior lecturer at the University of Chicago, entitled
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/14/21433/589/757/422317">Obama: The Only Thing You Need to Know. It was so successful that yesterday I followed up with a diary on his time as a civil rights lawyer, entitled
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/15/113124/87/613/422461">Obama: The Only Thing You Need to Know, Part 2.
I know everyone is waiting for the diary on community organizing, but today I chose to focus on an area of Barack Obama's experience that often gets overlooked, and ironically may have helped Bill Clinton win the election in 1992. I'm of course talking about when Barack spearheaded Project Vote! on the eve of the 1992 election, with "George Bush gaining ground in Illinois" and "Carol Moseley Braun embroiled in allegations about her mother's Medicare liability".
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A huge black turnout in November 1992 altered Chicago's electoral landscape—and raised a new political star: a 31-year-old lawyer named Barack Obama.
Source: Chicago Magazine, January 1993
It's worth noting that he accomplished this feat while writing his book: no small task. From what I've read, Michelle wanted to kill him for all the time he was spending working, but I guess that's just Barack Obama. When he puts his mind to something, he makes it happen, and makes it happen big.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/16/11305/823/252/422838