You are correct re magnanimity, meant magnitude. Yes, I always go back to the article in The American Thinker that freaked my out in Sept. 08': Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis By James Simpson. I sent it to everyone I knew, but to no avail. Soon after I found Free Republic and joined in Jan. 09'.
It was pretty evident who Obama was to anyone who would just do a little research. The "Axis of Evil" triad got him elected: MSM, Hollywood and Academia plus the NY-DC elites. They had been grooming him for a long time. What a tragedy. Over the years, I've recommended Discover the Networks BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
A great summary of all things known about Obama. We still don't know a lot about his background but DTN does a great job.
check out Art in Idaho’s post above and the incredibly prescient article he links to,
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
long read, lotta stuff, really worth it.