Barack Obama has made a point of reaching out to people tired of divisive politics. He stepped onto the national stage in 2004 with a speech on the "audacity of hope" at the Democratic National Convention. Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
Iowa's wide summer sky frames Barack Obama, who has made a point of reaching out to people tired of divisive politics. In the state's intimate settings, where voters come in person to take the measure of the candidate, his rhetoric has been mild. He's sometimes criticized as too conciliatory.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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