Barack Obama: The 2007 60 Minutes interview

Steve Kroft interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama for the first time in February 2007, when Obama was just announcing his bid for the presidency.

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[JohnnySoCal]

No one can deny President Obama is a great public speaker.

[jnation]

I miss the days when we had young candidates

[kya]

The opening was wild hard ER behavior 😭

[laddturner]

He would easily beat both Trump and Biden in 2024 if he were allowed to run again.

[repuIsive]

he smoked hillary because he was likable. i liked the guy.

[teniente]

How did we go from such a classy, composed, educated, thoughtful well spoken leader to a dementia patient and a belligerent felon. Obama made me feel proud to be an American!

[Julian-jdyj]

these questions are INSANE. They're so ridiculously stupid it's hard to even fathom

[docdee]

My having witnessed Barack Obama becoming the first African-American President inspired me, and said to me, "If he can become President, I can become anything I set my mind to." He was awesome!

[markatingi]

Im rooted in the African American community but im not defined by it... Good point.

[DianeW-gddl]

Best president I've ever seen. Smart and compassionate man

[thomasjcox]

people said he was a political activist and organizer. learning how to make relationships and stuff like that helped him.

[jayd]

Miss the days before smartphones and social media. We were much less divided then.

[bergencounty]

Hilary Clinton was so unlikable, that this guy came from nowhere and beat her for the nomination.

[joshuaherbert]

Lol that reference to I didn't inhale

[calebm]

11:37 You smoked marijuana… AND INHALED⁉️🫣😳

[moniehookemomolu]

Steve Croft: Why are you in such a hurry?
American people: No, he's not. He's just right.

[lukasgestrine]

POV: You're in the back of the limo with Barack and Larry Sinclair

[joachim]

Since Bush: GOP presidents mess up, Democrat presidents clean up. The pattern is very clear. I would prefer a few Democrats in a row, to BUILD UP after clean up.

[spencerj]

Guy's a pro. No other way to put it.

[cheickfall]

He was just a true leader. A god given gift. Since Kennedy we did not have a POTUS so eloquent, smart, witty, well behaved, a decent family man! He embodied, and still embodies all our American values and the Universal values of Man!