I have read both his book ,"The audacity of hope " and one about his father.He comes as a person who can climb the race, class and age barriers. As he said in his annoucement speech for the campaign, he is a common sense guy and that is what we need right now. Have any of you read that article in NYT about $ 1.3 trillion dollars expenditure in Iraq? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?em&ex=1169269200&en=0d6743c864e8ea1b&ei=5087%0A