The people Obama relies on

James Barnes, of the National Journal, highlights advisors to Barack Obama. Yes,
Laurence Tribe of Harvard is there, even though Tribe is an admitted plagiarist.
However, if you want to see Obama's experts on patent law, you won't find them in this article. Patents and innovation were not on the map.

The Barnes article begins:

If potential presidents can be judged by how they run their campaigns, then how they staff those efforts may provide important clues to the kinds of talent they would recruit for their administrations.

Yes, and having Lemley as a consultant on patent matters speaks volumes.

See also

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/04/chameleon-like-nature-of-positions-of.html

http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/pinocchios-for-intellectual-property.html