Perhaps because he went on to capture the nomination 鈥� and the White House 鈥� 鈥淕ame Change鈥� goes easiest on Obama. Still, even the President can鈥檛 escape the authors鈥� scrutiny. Though his marriage and family life are described as ideal (鈥淥bama adored his wife鈥� and 鈥渄idn鈥檛 even bother to pretend that he enjoyed anyone else鈥檚 company remotely as much as he relished being with her and their daughters鈥�), his confidence in the campaign was depicted as almost blameworthy.
Writes , 鈥淏efore Barack Obama strode onto the national stage in Boston to deliver his electric, now legendary keynote address at the 2004 Democratic convention, a reporter asked the Illinois state legislator about his nerves.
鈥业'尘 LeBron, baby,鈥� Obama replied. 鈥業 can play on this level. I got some game.鈥欌��
鈥淗is calmness and composure could veer into the freakish, and sometimes concealed his gaudy confidence in himself,鈥� write the authors.
