Before the White House, Air Force One and the Secret Service codename "Renegade", before the TV ads, the enormous rallies and G20, there was the real Baraek Obama: a man wrestling with the momentous decision to run for president, feeling torn about leaving behind a young family, and figuring out how to win the biggest prize in politics.
"Renegade" is the first inside story of how a political newcomer with no money and an outsider's name grew into the world's most powerful leader. During his presidential campaign, Obama told British political reporter Richard Wolffe, "You'll get more access than anyone else", resulting in over a dozen exclusive interviews as well as many off-the-record conversations. With that unrivalled access to Obama's inner circle, Wolffe shares with us his front row seat. We fly on the candidate's plane and ride in his bus across a country in crisis; we stand next to him at a bar on the night he secures the nomination; and feel the tension backstage as he delivers his convention speech to a stadium crowd and a transfixed TV audience.
