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You really should read Audacity of Hope, ace. I know it might be nothing more than opposition research to you, but I think it'd be worth it. The first chapter discusses the very thing you're talking about, from the politics of the 60s to the politics of Chicago. He isn't ignorant of his roots, nor his city's history.
It's awfully pie-in-the-sky for someone so jaded (realistic, depending on how you look at it) to believe that someone could rise to power outside of the power-brokering you rightfully believe exists, but keep in mind that there are still plenty of people who rightfully have the audacity to hope for something abnormal in our world of politics (like intellectual honesty).
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