Given the historic election that America has just experienced, it's hard to remember back to last week, let alone June 2007, when Barack Obama was a true underdog, polling way behind front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
That's when a 32-year-old ad executive came up with an idea for a new Web video. Seeking something catchy to launch a new site, barelypolitical.com, he sensed that Obama, though well behind Clinton, had a huge following online because of his youthful appeal.
And so Ben Relles made the "Obama Girl" video, a racy paean to the candidate that's been seen millions of times on YouTube and other sites, spawned sequels, was picked up by …
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