Portraits: Barack Obama

Then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., responds to a question after holding a roundtable discussion with four California residents on economic opportunity Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles.
Barack Obama, Van Nuys, California

Then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., responds to a question after holding a roundtable discussion with four California residents on economic opportunity Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles.