"We are a hybrid people": Ibid., p. 76.

"I never slept under": Ibid.

"You know, people'd always ask": Ibid., p. 82.

When Jesse was a boy: Ibid., p. 97.

"Jesse ain't got no daddy": Ibid., p. 86.

When he came to Greenville: Ibid., p. 91.

"Jesse wanted to be be Martin" Martin": Ibid., p. 209.

"If I were a candidate": Andrew Sullivan, "Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters," The Atlantic The Atlantic, December 2007.

According to a South Carolina paper: Ibid.

"If Barack doesn't win Iowa": Mike Glover, a.s.sociated Press, September 27, 2007.

Bill Clinton went: "The Charlie Rose Show," PBS, December 14, 2007.

"You know, they said": Barack Obama, Des Moines, Iowa, January 3, 2008.

An astonishing set of rhetorical gestures: Frady, Jesse Jesse, p. 306.

Bill Clinton, he said: Michael Hill, Baltimore Sun Sun, January 16, 2008.

Chapter Fourteen: In the Racial Funhouse.

"I told him that I loved him": Steve Vogel, Washington Post Post, October 21, 2000.

It offered a five-thousand-dollar-per-month: Christopher Cooper, Corey Dade, and Valerie Bauerlein, Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2008.

He finally accepted a competing offer: Ibid.

"I didn't know if I was going to live": Eric Ernst, (Sarasota, Florida) Herald Tribune Herald Tribune, October 15, 2008.

"All those nights I thought": Ibid.

She wanted to "help": Barack Obama, National Const.i.tution Center, Philadelphia, March 18, 2008.

In mid-October, 2007: Katherine Q. Seelye, New York Times Times, October 14, 2007.

"I've heard some folks say": Barack Obama, Manning, South Carolina, November 2, 2007.

"Don't let people turn you around": Ben Smith, Politico Politico, January 27, 2008.

"What I remember most": Mich.e.l.le Obama, Orangeburg, South Carolina, November 20, 2007.

One state senator: Jim Davenport, a.s.sociated Press, February 13, 2007.

"By itself, that single moment": Barack Obama, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, January 20, 2008.

When, in a South Carolina debate: CNN Democratic Debate, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, January 21, 2008.

In the same debate, Clinton: Ibid.

It was such a charged evening: Heilemann and Halperin, Game Change Game Change, p. 206.

One early sign that the 2008 race: Jason Horowitz, New York Observer Observer, February 4, 2007.

He brushed it off: CNN.com, January 31, 2007.

Obama wanted to appear: Ibid.

The mood among Obama's aides: Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post Post, December 13, 2007.

There was Robert Johnson: CNN, January 13, 2008.

There was Hillary Clinton: Editorial, New York Times Times, January 9, 2008.

The day before the New Hampshire primary: Abdon M. Pallasch, Chicago Sun-Times Sun-Times, January 9, 2008.

Donna Brazile, who had been: Ben Smith, Politico Politico, January 11, 2008.

When it seemed that Obama: Steve Kornacki, New York Observer Observer, January 26, 2008.

"Do you personally have any": ABC News, July 4, 2008.

Bill Clinton's frustration was so deep: CNN, April 22, 2008.

In the wake of Super Tuesday: Sean Wilentz, "Race Man," The New Republic The New Republic, February 27, 2008.

Not long after Wilentz's article: Katherine Q. Seelye and Julie Bosman, New York Times Times, March 12, 2008.

The comment of hers: Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence, USA Today USA Today, May 8, 2008.

Charles Rangel: Richard Sisk and David Saltonstall, New York Daily News Daily News, May 9, 2008.

Chapter Fifteen: The Book of Jeremiah.

Fox played the clips: Editorial, New York Post Post, March 14, 2008.

Bob Herbert, in the New York Times Times: Bob Herbert, New York Times Times, April 3, 2008.

Patricia Williams, in The Nation The Nation: Patricia Williams, "Let Them Eat Waffles," The Nation The Nation, May 1, 2008.

"Wright's homiletics had the effect": Sharpley-Whiting, The Speech The Speech, p. 7.

As recently as January, 2007: Manya A. Brachear, Chicago Tribune Tribune, January 21, 2007.

At the Tribune Tribune session session: Editorial, Chicago Tribune Tribune, March 16, 2008.

To begin, Obama called: Barack Obama, National Const.i.tution Center, Philadelphia, March 18, 2008.

"I can no more disown him": Ibid.

Obama's speech won: Editorial, New York Times Times, March 19, 2008; editorial, Washington Post Post, March 19, 2008.

The right wing's response: "Fox News," March 18, 2008.

"Have you heard the whole sermon": Jeremiah Wright, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2008.

Speaking at an N.A.A.C.P. dinner: Jeremiah Wright, N.A.A.C.P., Detroit, Michigan, April 27, 2008.

Interviewed by Cliff Kelley: "The Cliff Kelley Show," WVON, November 25, 2008.

"He doesn't have a church": Ibid.

As late as June, 2009: David Squires, Daily Press Daily Press, June 10, 2009.

He joked with his aides: Wolffe, Renegade Renegade, p. 184.

That night, on NBC: NBC, May 6, 2008.

Michael Eric Dyson: Michael Eric Dyson, "Obama's Rebuke of Absentee Black Fathers," Time Time, June 19, 2008.

The novelist Ishmael Reed: Ishmael Reed, CounterPunch CounterPunch, June 24, 2008.

On July 6th, Jesse Jackson: "The O'Reilly Factor," Fox News, July 6, 2008.

Chapter Sixteen: "How Long? Not Long".

"Your door is shut": McKay, The Complete Poems The Complete Poems, p. 148.

When his aides charged: Michael Shear and Dan Balz, Washington Post Post, July 30, 2008.

When Obama told the St. Petersburg Times Times: Adam C. Smith, St. Petersburg Times Times, August 2, 2008.

"His comments were clearly": CNN, August 3, 2008.

After McCain lost: John McCain, Charleston, South Carolina, February 19, 2000.

In early October: "Hannity's America," Fox News, October 5, 2008.

"It is your character": McCain, Character Is Destiny Character Is Destiny, p. xi.

In 2000, McCain had called: Brian Knowlton, New York Times Times, February 29, 2000.

Jon Stewart, the host: David Grann, "The Fall," The New Yorker The New Yorker, November 17, 2008.

"Our opponent," she said: CNN, October 4, 2008.

McCain, using the same: David Grann, "The Fall," The New Yorker The New Yorker, November 17, 2008.

Now, a month before the election: Politico Politico, October 11, 2008.

McCain issued a statement: David Grann, "The Fall," The New Yorker The New Yorker, November 17, 2008.

Obama was disingenuous: Democratic Debate, National Const.i.tution Center, Philadelphia, April 16, 2008.

"On the Republican side": "Meet the Press," NBC, October 19, 2008.

In a poll conducted by the BBC: BBC News, September 10, 2008.

The Obama campaign: Jonathan D. Salant, "Bloomberg News," December 27, 2008.

Derrick Z. Jackson: Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe Globe, November 22, 2008.

She was born: Barack Obama, Grant Park, Chicago, November 5, 2008.

Chapter Seventeen: To the White House.

The records tell us: White House Historical a.s.sociation, www.whitehousehistory.org.