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He might not have been living off a (part time) state senator's sallary. His wife is also a Harvard educated Lawyer. I don't think she was home baking cookies. She was head of some department for Mayor Daly Junior. He also had a best selling book before he bought his house. Perhaps he made a dollar or two off that.

Obama is an old fashioned, 60s- era big government liberal in the Hubert Humphrey mold. He is the most liberal Senator in the Senate. He has a tiny record and has dodged some tough votes. His Iraq policy is equal parts pie in the sky and dangerous.

Surely his record and positions are enough to do intelectual battle with Obama without resorting to half truths and smears. By all accounts he is an honorable man. He gave up a career track where he'd be partner at Mega Huge law firm making an easy million or more a year with associates doing the hard work for him. Dislike his positions all you want, but it diminishes the political system when you make stuff up about candidates to smear them.