 Having attended Wright's sermon, Barack Obama later adapted Wright's phrase "audacity "to" hope" to "audacity "of" hope" which became the title for his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address, and the title of his second book.Wright, who was Barack Obama's former pastor, gained national attention in March 2008 when ABC News, after reviewing dozens of Wright's sermons, excerpted parts which were subject to intense media scrutiny.Obama denounced the statements in question, but after critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright he gave a speech titled "A More Perfect Union", in which he denounced Wright's remarks, but did not disown him as a person.