Quick question.

Where the heck did Obama come from? I'm not being facetious or anything. I mean, this guy came out of nowhere. I'd never even heard of him as a senator, much less anything else, then suddenly he's head to head with Hillary. Do you know what kind of money running for president requires? Dude is pulling some serious scratch from somewhere, and I want to know where. No one's heard of this guy and suddenly he has millions and millions of dollars? Wikipedia says $58 million, to be more precise, and in only about 6 months. So the question is, who gave this guy the major boost? He's not got a long track record, so who helped?