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Obama Seen As Outsider Mayor Politician Contrast In Illinois
McClatchy profile notes Barack Obama, from Chicago but not of its machine politics, rose as a community organizer and civil rights lawyer. He avoided ward bosses, urged a national living wage, and faced ethics probes shaping his image as a reformer beyond Chicago politics.
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Chicago
Denny Jacobs
Obama
Barack Obama
Springfield
Rod Blagojevich
Richard M. Daley
Jesse Jackson
City Hall
Harold Washington
Congress
Bobby Rush
U.S. Senate
East Moline
Daley
White House
Jackson
Terry Link
Wild County
Barack
Hawaii
Richard J. Daley
Washington
South Side
Chicago Housing Authority
Harvard Law School
University of Chicago Law School
Datleys
DePaul University
Law
Northwestern
University of Chicago
Hyde Park
University Campus
Rep
Rush
Bennett
Bears
Wal-Mart
Cynthia Canary
Illinois Campaign For Political Reform
Canary
U.S
D-Ill
Michelle
University of Illinois-Chicago