1.0link119436<![CDATA[Obama Meets With T. Boone Pickens, Avoids Swift Boat Question]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/17/obama-meets-with-t-boone_n_119436.htmlRENO, Nev. — Democrat Barack Obama met Sunday with Texas oil baron and longtime conservative activist T. Boone Pickens to discuss strategies for developing alternative energy.
The presidential hopeful praised Pickens as a "legendary entrepreneur" and deflected a question about the billionaire's role in helping to fund a television ad campaign that undermined John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee.