Key quote: "In "The Obama Chronicles" segment tonight: You don't get to be a presidential candidate without a lot of help. Barack Obama accumulated his power base in Chicago by allying himself with some very interesting characters, probably people you have never heard of."
Key quote: "His closest confidants are an eclectic mix of longtime friends who are devoted to him, Chicago pals from his years in Illinois who have strong liberal backgrounds, and former officials in President Bill Clinton's administration who are eager to move up the ladder of government to higher-level jobs—all under the philosophy of what one called "principled pragmatism."
Key quote: "AXELROD: Well, look, this ultimately isn't a race between us and Sarah Palin. It's a race between Barack Obama and John McCain. They're the candidates for president."
Key quote: "Black, now 90, a civil rights historian and lecturer, his only concession to age his shuffling gait as he meanders through his long-time neighbourhood, was one of those important first mentors."
Key quote: "...she's earned the complete confidence of Barack and Michelle Obama."
Key quote: "Strautmanis, now 39 and a senior counsel to Obama's presidential campaign, has emerged as a member of a circle of Chicagoans positioned in influential roles on the Illinois senator's team."
On Fox News Sunday...
Key quote: "She is one of our best friends, somebody who is practically a sister" to him and his wife, Michelle, Mr. Obama said in a recent interview. "I don't make any major decisions without asking her about them first."
Key quote: "The key facts, reported by Ben Smith in Politico.com, are these: Barack Obama's political career was launched in Ayers's and Dohrn's home, when a group of "influential liberals" gathered in 1995 to meet the young organizer who was Illinois lawmaker Alice Palmer's chosen successor."
Key quote: "But there is no question that Austan Goolsbee remains deeply involved with the Democratic presidential candidate, based on an e-mail sent out by Obama's campaign today."
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