The Obama Network by thinline on Blogster

Now this is networking!!! Writing for the New York Times today, Christopher Drew and Raymond Hernandez explain how then Illinois State Senator Obama helped a group of black entrepreneurs land corporate and government business.

Excerpt:

And help them he did. Members of the group, the Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, say Mr. Obama checked into their problems and helped start a drive that enabled minority investment executives to win millions of dollars in business from the state’s giant pension funds.

If Mr. Obama was able to deliver by helping the executives overcome some of the historical barriers facing minority-owned companies, he also would subsequently benefit from his ties to the group. Several of the businessmen or their wives would help clear the debts from his Congressional race, and six of the group’s members are now among the top fund-raisers for his presidential campaign, according to campaign finance records.

All told, employees at more than 30 of the 42 companies listed on the group’s Web site and their relatives donated more than $300,000 to help Mr. Obama win his seat in the United States Senate in 2004 and set fund-raising records early in the 2008 presidential race.

Obama defends this shameless effort by claiming that his actions here merely "reflect his longtime passion for ensuring that minority business is treated fairly…” Yeah, you can really see that minority commitment at the top levels of his whiter shade of pale Hill and campaign staffs and it is just all they talk about in New Orleans!!

Another one for the “Oh Please” file.

Barack, just give it up. Voters see through you. Witness the latest Rasmussen Report Daily Tracking poll:

In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Hillary Clinton attracts 44% support followed by Barack Obama at 22% John Edwards is at 15%. No other candidate attracts more than 2% support from Likely Democratic Primary Voters (see recent daily numbers). Clinton also enjoys a double-digit lead for the first time in South Carolina.