WRITING, mentoring and re-invigorating the Democratic Party will be among some of the tasks awaiting President Obama after he leaves the White House.
The writer of three best sellers, Dreams From My Father, Of Thee I Sing and The Audacity of Hope, two of which are published by Scottish imprint Canongate, it is expected that Mr Obama will use some of his time after leaving his post to write again.
The President has only hinted at what his post-White House life will entail, but he has already said he wants to advise a new wave of politicians for the new “Michelle and Barack... who right now is sitting out there.” He added: “What we’ll be most interested in is programming that helps the next Michelle Obama or the next Barack Obama and I think now I have some responsibility to at least offer my counsel to those who will continue to be elected officials about how the Democratic National Committee can help rebuild, how state parties and progressive organisations can work together.”
If he writes a memoir, as the First Lady Michelle Obama might, it could be for a lucrative publishing deal. He may not write as many books as Theodore Roosevelt, who knocked out 42, but it is likely he will pen another book.
Last year, Raphael Sagalyn of the ICM/Sagalyn Literary Agency, predicted Mr Obama could earn as much as £25 million with a two or three book contract.
Obama’s predecessor, George W Bush, retired to Texas wrote a memoir and took up painting.
But it is more likely Obama’s life will follow that of another Democratic president, Jimmy Carter, who forged a Nobel-winning second life as a peacemaker and founder of the Carter Center.
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