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Last broadcast on Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 01:50 on BBC One (Wales only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Inexperienced Sentator Barack Obama has risen from nowhere to the very threshold of the White House. Panorama visits his political home in Chicago's South Side, as well as the crucial battleground state of Ohio, to find out how he has achieved this.
But with new and unlikely challenger Sarah Palin slowing him in his tracks, could the current financial crisis engulfing the Republican party put Obama on the home straight? Matt Frei investigates.
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In 2007, Panorama reported on Senator Obama’s campaign to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Credits
- Presenter
- Jeremy Vine
- Participant
- Matt Frei
Broadcasts
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Mon 13 Oct 200820:30
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Mon 13 Oct 200822:50
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Thu 16 Oct 200804:30
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Fri 17 Oct 200800:25
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Fri 17 Oct 200800:55
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Sun 19 Oct 200820:30
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Tue 21 Oct 200801:50
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