Banky W as Barack Obama

While both men’s political trajectories, at least at the time of their first political defeat, are different, it is also the point where their paths collide

Mr. Bankole Wellington is popularly known as Banky W

On September 26, 1999, Barack Obama formally declared his intention to run for the United States Congress at the Palmer House, a historic hotel in Chicago. "I'm not part of some long-standing political organization," Obama said at the kickoff rally. "I have no fancy sponsors. I'm not even from Chicago.…