Democrats love to demonize the rich, but a surprising number of Democrat pols find money cascading into their coffers as they rise in politics. Take Barack Obama, the freshman senator from Illinois, a man who excites intense public interest far beyond that accorded to other well—spoken and pleasant low seniority senators who are not black. Obama, whose white mother raised him after his father bugged out, has become some sort of symbol, apparently. Being a symbol evidently is quite lucrative. The AP reports, According to joint tax returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service and released to the Associated Press, the Obamas, with their two girls, had $1.67 million in total income last year — about $70,000 more than the total for all of 1998 through 2004. Book royalties and advances brought in about $1.2 million for the senator—author, whose first book, an autobiography published about a decade ago, became a best—seller during his 2004 campaign. In late...(Read Full Post)