Louis Susman, seen here in the Chicago Tribune when he was raising nearly a quarter billion dollars for the Kerry campaign in '04, is now on board the Obama train.
From the Chicago Sun Times:
"If you want to be president of the United States, he is the one you want to call before you even talk it over with your own mother. Louis Susman is his name. He lives in Chicago. And at this moment, he is ready to do whatever Illinois Sen. Barack Obama needs him to do to take the White House in 2008. If Obama is running (and he is), then Susman will be pivotal to raising the cash...
How much money did Susman raise for Kerry? A bundle: $247 million. A vacuum cleaner was how someone once described him for a 2005 Tribune article, saying Susman was able to ''Hoover'' money from ''deep pockets.''
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Another Money Man for Team Obama
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Team Obama Taking Shape
So says the Chicago Tribune. The Trib lists
David Axelrod as the senator's right hand man.
Recently the long time political strategist was advising the new Governor of New York. Axelrod also spent time in John Edwards' camp in 2004. (Meanwhile, it seems his son was busy getting into court side fights with NBA players' wives. But I digress.)
There's also Axelrod's business partner David Plouffe who is listed as likely campaign manager.
Julianna Smoot, fund raiser extraordinaire and another veteran of Edwards '04 will reportedly be finance director.
Pollster Paul Harstad (left) seen below in a picture from his firm's website with Sen. Obama and Senator Ken Salazar...has apparently been tapped to reprise his '04 role.
And of course there's Michelle Obama... America's Next First Lady?
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