Obama was hired for a high paying executive job at the time when Barak Obama had declared his intention to run for the Presidency. ... BTW this is coming out of the latest info on the Blagojevich FBI tapes and Wikipedia ... Now, am I to believe that Michelle Obama was not eager to return the favor possibly via that DC Democratic consultant? Blagojevich would then have then tagged on to the end of this Supply Chain of Political Favors. What a Hell??? Marcia, I gave you a thumbs down because I asked for help in understanding this. If you would have come up with the info that Michelle got there first, you would have been a champ. You did not contribute anything useful aside from ruffling your own mighty feathers. Truth, not looking for approval but rather for help in understanding this.