Yeah, I don't think anyone could have expected him to get this far.
This one guy that worked with me (a lawyer and lobbyist for dems) told me in 04, that it would be Hillary/Biden on the ticket for 08. Obama really came out of nowhere. And he wasn't just talking shit, dude was connected. You know that Rezko dude that you hear his name every now and then? I used to have to deliver shit to the guy's office. He's fighting jail behind all that shit too.