Alas, but here it is, a young man born of a white Ashkenazim mother and a black Kenyan father and he ascends to become a US Senator from the state of Illinois. He uses the story of a former Illinois Senator who became president to help position himself to run for president. That Senator was Abraham Lincoln who was hated by white people in the southern states as virulently as many Republican whites hate Obama today but for different reasons. The primary reason is his African father. Barack Obama's handlers guided his campaign for president promising change and telling the voters that they are the biggest financial contributors to this young, good talking Senator with a lovely family. His campaign handlers promoted his campaign as that by and for the people and backed primarily with your many small financial contributions. When the dust settled, it was found that the biggest contributors to Obama's campaign were not the ordinary voters but the banking finance corporate industry, ie, Wall Street. Of the $700+ million contributed, only $200+ million was from the ordinary voters, you and me. This means between $400 and $500 million were contributed by large corporations. If it was the bankers who embraced and promoted this young Senator with a picture perfect family consisting of Michelle and the two daughters then it's reasonable to assume that there was something big that they wanted in return.