Do you think the rumors of an affair between Barack Obama and Vera Baker are true? And, if they are- does it matter?

Vera Baker was a member of Barack Obama’s campaign team when he was running for the Senate. Previously, Baker served as the National Finance Director on Senator Barack Obama's 2004 Senate Campaign. Baker also served as the Deputy Political Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee.

She was a major fundraiser, responsible for raising millions of dollars for Obama’s campaign. Her organization was the top fundraising firm during the 2004 elections. Vera Baker was also listed as the CEO of Baker Wanbu & Associates, which is no longer in business.

How did Vera Baker and Barack Obama become involved? Obama became close to Vera Baker when she worked on the fundraising campaign to get him elected to the Senate. Baker was responsible for raising millions of dollars in campaign contributions.

Where is Vera Baker now? Vera Baker is said to be currently residing on the Caribbean island of Martinique. However, there are conflicting accounts as to how Baker came to be there.

One popular rumor has it that Vera Baker was removed from her duties when Michelle Obama discovered what was going on, and demanded that Baker be banished to Martinique. What does Vera Baker have to say in her own behalf? Two years ago, when the rumor first surfaced, Vera Baker, who was 33 at the time, emphatically stated that “Nothing happened” between herself and Barack Obama.

This time, Vera Baker has retained an attorney retained to help her counter the rumors that she was once Obama’s mistress, which she says are “absolutely false.” How did the rumor about the Barack Obama - Vera Baker cheating scandal start? A Swiss newspaper, Le Matin has resurrected an old rumor that’s been around since 2008.

What exactly is supposed to have happened between Barack Obama and Vera Baker, and when did it occur? Rumor has it that on the night of May 18, 2004, Vera Baker was dropped off at a DC hotel by a limo driver, where she allegedly spent the night with Barack Obama. What proof is there that Obama and Baker had an affair?

None that we have seen thus far. There are also unsubstantiated reports that a team of software engineers have found incriminating e-mail exchanges between Obama and Vera Baker. Again, no one has seen them yet.

An unnamed National Enquirer reporter is said to have confirmed with the limo driver that he did, in fact, drop Vera Baker off at Barack Obama’s hotel on the date in question, adding that he waited in the lobby while Baker changed her clothes upstairs. ABC News and NBC News reportedly interviewed the limo driver at the time, who verified his account of what occurred. For a full account of how one journalist checked out this rumor when it first appeared in 2008, and details on exactly what this journalist discovered, click here to read the journalist’s blog post entitled “The Lady Vanishes.”

There is currently a reward of $1, 000,000 being offered to anyone who can confirm that an affair between Barack Obama and Vera Baker actually occurred. It’s not unheard of for people to lie when large sums of money are involved, but I find it interesting that so far no one has come forward with solid proof. Bottom Line Is there any truth to the rumor about Barack Obama and Vera Baker having an affair?

I think it’s significant that NONE of the major news outlets (The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, Fox News, ABC, NBC, etc) have chosen to even dignify this rumor by reporting on it. I think it’s also significant that when ABC and NBC checked out this rumor in 2008, they chose not to pursue it any further, and let the matter drop. The facts that have been uncovered thus far are definitely NOT proof that Vera Baker was Obama’s mistress, or that an affair between Barack Obama and Vera Baker ever occurred.

If Vera Baker was a key person on Obama’s campaign team, there were probably legitimate reasons why she was taken to his hotel. Until more substantial proof is actually presented for the public to see, I think we can safely assume that the rumor of a Vera Baker – Barack Obama affair is just that – a rumor and nothing more. ______________________________________________*** © copyright 2010 Ruth Houston All Rights Reserved.

Ruth Houston is a New York-based infidelity expert who is frequently called on by the media to comment on high profile infidelity and popular infidelity issues in the news.