The Beautiful Story Of Obama
By: Paramza Kofi Hamza Maiga Yes You Can!!! Senator Paul Simon was impressed by Barack Obama's work rate and talent. He therefore recommended Obama to the Democratic Leader of the Ilnois State Senate, Emil Jones Jr. "This young black man is a good guy; lets give him all the help he needs to succeed." said Paul Simon. Emil Jones allowed Obama the free hand to sponsor so many bills to the annoyance and disappointment of some of the senior law makers. Obama won his election into the US Congress in 2004 and just few years later (2008) he was elected 44th president of the United States of America. It must be said that Obama's first attempt at US Congress was in the year 2000 when he lost heavily to Bobby Rush a fellow black competitor. Prior to his defeat in 2000 Obama had been elected twice to represent the 13th District of Ilnois (1996 and 1998) He nearly quit politics following that defeat. Little did anyone imagine that Obama would overcome his defeat, enter Congre...