The mosquitos are beginning to gather
His wife's income as an administrator at the not-for-profit University of Chicago Hospitals nearly tripled to $316,962, from $121,910.
In 2005, she was also elected to the board of directors of west suburban Westchester-based TreeHouse Foods, which calls itself the nation's largest pickle and pepper supplier. For that, she received $12,000 and $33,000 from a subsidiary.
She was promoted to the hospitals' vice president for community and external affairs in March. Obama said that his wife, who, like him, is a Harvard law school graduate, was deserving of the promotion and raise.
Her previous position was less demanding, he said, and because his Senate campaign had ended and she had more time to devote to her work, she was more marketable with her educational background and other strengths.
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He was on some Sunday morning show this past weekend (Tim Russert, IIRC) where Obama said that he is open to considering a run for the Presidency. Russert than showed a clip of Obama from last year where Russert asked the same question, and Obama distinctly stated that "he had no intention of running for President, and would definitely complete his term as Senator".
People are starting to dig into his past to see what, if anything, can be used against him.