The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

This book seems to have two threads running through it: a personal thread and a policy thread. Although one chapter builds to a personal meeting with Senator Byrd, one in which Byrd affirms that serving in the Senate is the height of democratic citizenship, I find it ironic that President Obama did not even complete his first term in the Senate before being elected president. The book is beautifully and thoughtfully written, even if I don't agree with all the policies and positions Obama takes.