by Steve Finefrock - Hollywood Forum [scriptwriter] 3/14/08

Just a scan of the midpoint of an Ebony story on Obama’s campaign is worthy of your own examination to see if you notice what caught my eye:
 
The morning of the Iowa caucuses, Valerie Jarrett sat calmly sipping mint tea in front of a fireplace at a hotel in West Des Moines. As the CEO of one of the nation's largest real estate firms, The Habitat Company, a member of the University of Chicago's Board of Trustees, former chair of the board of the Chicago Stock Exchange, and former head of the Chicago Transit Authority, Jarrett already had plenty on her plate.

But the former adviser to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and longtime friend of Michelle and Barack Obama had made the decision to leave her position on the Federal Reserve Board and "come inside" to work full time on the campaign as a senior adviser. And, on that morning, she felt good. "This is such a unique opportunity to have two close personal friends embarking on this journey, I would regret this for the rest of my life [if I didn't participate]," she says. "I really think he has a chance to not just change our country but change the world ... When he wins, I'll feel like this is MY country again." [more]