Name: Campaign Journal 2008: A Chronicle of Vision, Hope, and Glory
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Author: Carlos Rangel
ISBN: 9781412810838

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Campaign Journal 2008: A Chronicle of Vision, Hope, and Glory

Type

Physical Book

Author

Carlos Rangel

Publisher

Routledge

Language

English

Pages

152

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.5x16.1x1.5 cm

Weight

0.35 kg.

ISBN

1412810833

ISBN13

9781412810838

Synopsis "Campaign Journal 2008: A Chronicle of Vision, Hope, and Glory"

In this distinctive and personal narrative of Barack Obama's 2008 campaign for the American presidency, Carlos Rangel chronicles the underlying currents of social change that led to this successful campaign. The results were a president with a clear majority of the votes cast; elected by a commanding majority of electoral votes; and who won states on both coasts, in the South, the Rust Belt, and the West. There were no recount battles, or intervention by the courts.Rangel notes that the effective professional politician gathers coalitions around positions on the issues and uses these coalitions to formulate policies that bring these positions to fruition. The Obama Campaign coalesced expectations that he would be able to rapidly transform the way the country is led and lead Americans to a better future. These expectations were multiplied by an effective, well-run campaign. Certainly, Obama's capacity to inspire during the campaign led many to believe he could do the same as president.Management of high expectations became one of President Obama's greatest challenges in the immediate period after the election. In transforming ideals of hope and change into reality, he faced political resistance from multiple fronts, an economy with structural flaws, and an internationally isolated United States. Rangel's unique background in Latin America enables him to make sharp observations about policies and campaign statements that may have influence in that region, including trade deals, drug wars and the populist rhetoric, and actions emanating from the region. This book is a solid start at analysis of the years ahead, as well as the year that was.

Carlos Rangel

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Carlos Enrique Rangel Guevara (Caracas, September 17, 1929 - January 15, 1988) was a prominent Venezuelan journalist, academic, and diplomat. He completed his higher education in the United States and Europe, earning his Bachelor of Arts at Bard College, the Certificat d'Études at La Sorbonne in Paris, and a master's degree at New York University. He was fluent in English and French, which allowed him to work as a certified translator. Academically, he was an instructor at New York University in 1958 and a professor of Opinion Journalism at the Central University of Venezuela between 1961 and 1963. In the diplomatic field, he served as the first secretary of the Venezuelan embassy in Brussels in 1959 and, years later, as ambassador to the Dominican Republic.

As a writer, Rangel is recognized for works such as "Del buen salvaje al buen revolucionario" (1976) and "El tercermundismo" (1982), where he critically addresses the sociopolitical reality of Latin America. These publications, prefaced by the French intellectual Jean-François Revel, were translated into several languages. Additionally, he was a columnist in various national and international publications, and his legacy includes the posthumous publication of "Marx y los socialismos reales y otros ensayos" (1988). His influence extended to television, where, along with his wife Sofía Ímber, he hosted the morning show "Buenos días" on Venevisión. Carlos Rangel tragically died by suicide in 1988, at the age of 58.

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