The rhetoric vs. the reality -- Obama and the Chicago machine: not a reformer -- Obama games Sprinfield -- The accidental candidate -- Obamessiah -- Obama in Washington: still not a reformer -- The stealth liberal -- The radical influences -- Reverend Wright and Obama's faith -- Obama's foreign policy: inexperience and uncertainty -- Abortion: Barack Obama's America -- Pinstripe patronage: Obama takes care of his friends -- Obama: a timeline of a (brief) political life.