- The opening of the Obama Presidential Center prompted a nostalgic look back at the 2008 campaign and the author’s two personal encounters with Barack Obama.
- At a 2008 fundraiser Obama told the author “I won’t let you down,” a promise the author says he kept through his presidency.
- The author hopes the center will remind visitors of a time when hope, unity and respect for democratic norms were central to politics.
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