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The Long-Shot Candidate

Name: The Long-Shot Candidate
Uploaded: 2008-12-28T19:00:00-0500
Duration: 14 min 36 s
Description: In February 2007 Steve Kroft and 60 Minutes traveled to Illinois to meet a young, charismatic senator who was becoming a political phenomenon, but who few believed would become our nation's 44th president.

In February 2007 Steve Kroft and 60 Minutes traveled to Illinois to meet a young, charismatic senator who was becoming a political phenomenon, but who few believed would become our nation's 44th president.