I will let another PG, Philip Greenspun, answer this far more elegantly than I can manage: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/10/25/will-obama-be-a-friend

I will let another PG, Philip Greenspun, answer this far more elegantly than I can manage: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/10/25/will-obama-be-a-friend-to-the-poor-once-in-office-would-you/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/10/25/will-obama-be-...