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I referenced to this very entry on a local board last night to tie Raines to Obama.

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Just refer to the WP article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502827.html

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From the WaPo article:

 

On the Outside Now, Watching Fannie Falter

By Anita Huslin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 16, 2008; D01

In the four years since he stepped down as Fannie Mae's chief executive under the shadow of a $6.3 billion accounting scandal, Franklin D. Raines has been quietly constructing a new life for himself. He has shaved eight points off his golf handicap, taken a corner office in Steve Case's D.C. conglomeration of finance, entertainment and health-care companies and more recently, taken calls from Barack Obama's presidential campaign seeking his advice on mortgage and housing policy matters.