Carbondale, IL - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Carbondale, IL Index / Locations Transcripts Sarah Bloom Raskin ...border from Kentucky, in the town of Carbondale . We later moved closer into th... Daniel Shomon ...like Chester, Metropolis, Mount Vernon, Carbondale . What encouraged you to get him t... ...of the districts that were closer to Carbondale and elsewhere? Because these wer... Valerie Jarrett ...the US Senate they already knew him in Carbondale and Mattoon and throughout the entir... Related Topics go to the Science Science go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Wartime Presidency Wartime Presidency