During his campaign, Obama demonstrated these skills in his calm response to crises, his forward-looking vision, and his superb organizational ability. In addition, his contextual intelligence about world politics has been shaped from the bottom up with experience in Indonesia and Kenya, and his understanding of American politics was shaped from the bottom up as a community organizer in Chicago.
在其总统竞选期间，奥巴马在其对危机的冷静反应，前瞻性的观点以及卓越的组织能力中，展示了这些技巧。而且，奥巴马对世界政治的情景智力从头到尾都受到其在印尼和肯尼亚的经历的影响，而他对美国政治的理解则完全受到他在芝加哥作为社区组织者的经历的影响。