The Boston Globe has reprinted an article it first published nineteen years ago about Barack Obama.
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/1990/02/15/a_law_review_breakthrough/?page=1
This is the stand-out quote:
I thought, ‘This guy sounds like he’s president of the country already,’ ” said John Owens, a former co-worker from Chicago, during a telephone interview. “I’ve never met anyone who could leave that impression after only five minutes.