His career has been importantly directed and forwarded with their assistance.
He often says things that suggest he is, himself, at least a fellow traveler.
One is reminded of the maxim: If it walks like a duck...
More on Obama at AN AMERICAN EXPAT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA blog site: http://laotze.blogspot.com
He has some extensive research on Obama.
If you want to get a taste of Obama’s past history with far-leftists, see the smear piece Dana Milbank did on us in the Washington Post, Friday, p. 3 , “Obama as You’ve Never Known Him!”
Read between the lines and also read the Chicago and Hawaii reports.
This is only the beginning of a major historical research on those who influenced Obama’s leftist thinking.
No, he is not a secret member of the Communist Party, but the Party and other far-left America-haters did have a major influence on his thinking and his political rise.