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While thanking the people who made it possible for Barack Obama to get to the White house, we should not forget Jack Ryan. Ati who, you ask? This is the guy who hired a cameraman to hound and bark questions at Obama in the 2004 Illinois senate race. The tactic backfired, and showed voters Obama’s composure. Ryan, a Republican like the incumbent, then withdrew due to a scandal involving foreign sex-clubs and his ex-wife. The rest is history.

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