“I think some of us realized he could be president, but you know, they’re never going to elect an African-American president.” “It was always fun to see him in action, because you knew that every interaction was building this longer career,” Lampe says. The Chicago-based political consultant has counseled a diverse group of politicians - from former Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun to Che "Rhymefest" Smith, cowriter of Kanye West's platinum hit "Jesus Walks" and a one-time candidate for Chicago alderman.īut Lampe says the smartest and hardest-working politician he ever saw in action was Obama, who would often file information and conversations away, only to bring them out months or years down the line at the most opportune moment. That's high praise from Lampe, a man who has worked with some of the most successful Democrats in the past 30 years. Kevin Lampe, right, with Barack and Michelle Obama backstage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. “It’s my favorite political picture I got.” It shows Lampe and Obama on a couch, with the future president laughing, a hand on Lampe’s shoulder. The doctor has forbidden me to see people, or reply to letters.’”īut in a collection of the political historic and hysteric, Lampe gets most animated showing a picture of himself and Barack Obama, then a candidate for U.S. “The letter says, ‘I am confined to bed to a nervous breakdown caused by the awful heat because of the day and night sessions in the Senate. “He’s writing a letter explaining he can’t write a letter,” Lampe says. "These are lights that were used in the Nixon-Kennedy debates," explains Kevin Lampe, who owns the collection of bizarre political memorabilia - a collection that includes a yellowed letter from Sen.
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Overhead, large, rusty TV studio lights hang from the ceiling. election memorabilia that includes rarities only the geekiest of political watchers would appreciate: Campaign posters of fringe candidates hang on the walls, buttons and bumper stickers with slogans not fit for print are in glass cases. On the fourth floor of a dusty office building across the street from Chicago’s Trump Tower, there’s a collection of U.S.
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