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Does everyone remember the January presidential primary debate when Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama of working for the Chicago slumlord, Tony Rezko, and the uproar that resulted from her accusation? Obama vehemently denied doing any legal work directly for Rezko or his company. He said there had only been about five hours worth of work on a joint real estate development project involving a church and Rezko. Remember William Miceli? Miceli stepped forward and said he was Obama’s supervisor at Davis, Miner, Barnhill, and Galland and that Obama was basically an apprentice at the law firm at the time in question and did the bidding of others.

THE SCENE: BARACK OBAMA's office. Like the candidate himself, the office is slick, expensive and trendy. The furniture is made of lucite and cream leather, and photos of The One cover the walls. A silver MacBook rests on the desk, which has the Possum seal on it. OBAMA himself is seated behind the desk, talking on his iPhone.