The Obama Effect: How One President Changed America Forever.

David Axelrod reflects on the burden of being America's first Black president and the responsibility to measure up, excel, shatter stereotypes, and be an impeccable role model. Despite the overtly racist memes and the startling outburst from a Southern congressman, Obama led the nation through an epic economic crisis and war, passed landmark legislation on health care and strengthened the social safety net, bolstered America's standing in the world and, in our most painful moments, comforted the nation by speaking eloquently to what Abraham Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature." Obama's presidency changed America forever.