Journal 4: Analysis Paper

For my analysis paper I choose to analyze a speech given by presidential candidate Barack Obama.  I know I haven’t been too involved in the presidential race, or any politics for that matter, and I decided this would be a good way to sort of “be educated” about the candidate I am leaning towards for this 2008 election.  The speech I am going to analyze was one from back in 2007, Obama’s presidential announcement speech.  After reading it the first time through I noticed a lot of good rhetoric that Obama used to try and persuade to his listeners that he was ready for this position as the President of the United States.  I learned a lot about how and why Obama decided to run for presidency as well as some background information on him.  A lot of why I am leaning towards Obama for the upcoming election is because he was the senator of my home state, Illinois, and I really think that he did a good job keeping Illinois in order.  I also noticed that Obama told it how it was and stated a lot of issues he knew that needed to change in America and he said that if he was president, the only way he could keep his work in changing all these issues for the good of America, was if and only if America played their part in bettering the country as well.  Then he went on to list many of the ways American citizens could do to help each situation.  I really liked this article because it helped me to realize why I would for Obama for president, and what Obama was offering for America.