I actually spoke to some Chicago friends about Obama’s ties to Daly, and they had an interesting story I can’t confirm, but that wouldn’t surprise me.
One interesting thing is that Daly actually didn’t initially want Obama in his organization. He beat one of their crony’s and suddenly they decided he was someone they wanted on their side.
The rest is history.
When I was in Chicago last spring it came out that his wife WORKED for the Daley Machine instead of being a lawyer and that her Dad was a Precinct Chair for the Daley Machine which means had had walking around money to get out the votes. He also worked for the City so the ties were already in place when Obama came along.