Columbia University undergrad (honors)
Harvard Law School grad (honors)
Editor Harvard Law Review
Lived abroad as a child 6-10 in Indonesia*
Community Work in Chicago
University Instructor in Constitutional Law
He has written two bestselling books
Illinois State Senate 1996 - 2004
U.S. Senate 2004 -
Civil Rights Lawyer
Early opponent of the Iraq War**
* Living abroad gives Barack something very important and that is an international perspective.
Which is a very nice tool for any President to have especially in dealing with a complex world.
** <On March 17, 2003, the day Bush issued his 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Obama addressed the largest Chicago anti-Iraq War rally to date in Daley Plaza and told the crowd "It's not too late" to stop the war, though many demonstrators conceded that war appeared inevitable.>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama