
Why Obama is a series of guest essays by musicians and authors, where they share their support for Democratic United States presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and offer arguments why he needs to be elected president of the United States. Author Ayelet Waldman was an Obama delegate at the Democratic National Convention. Her project, Books4Barack raised over $40,000 for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The following essay was posted on the Books4Barack website, and is reprinted with permission of the author. [...]