PHOTOS: BARACK OBAMA speaks about predatory lending today in his hometown Chicago

[flpoljunkie]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a roundtable discussion about predatory lending at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at a roundtable discussion about predatory lending with Ola Horton, left, from Chicago, Rosa Figueroa, from Chicago, and Elizabeth Warren, right, the Leo Gottlieb professor of law at Harvard Law School at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., listens at a roundtable discussion about predatory lending at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at his Chicago home Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., carries flowers as he arrives at his Chicago home Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., carries flowers as he arrives at his Chicago home Wednesday, June 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

[islandmkl]

1. barack, man, does larry fishburne know you have his shades?

[FrenchieCat]

2. Out of the box bouquet.

Maybe someone gave it to him for Michelle. They appear to be homegrown flowers.

Cute.

[flpoljunkie]

3. Yes, perhaps from someone's garden.

[madrchsod]

4. chicago was hit hard almost three years ago

with a several major housing loan scandals. this latest meltdown is hitting a whole different class of home owners.

he`s going to be the coolest president ever........

[uponit7771]

5. He will do us proud, he's been consistently a populist and that's good