Obama graduated at Harvard, and began practicing as a lawyer in Chicago in the 1980s. During this time, he held contacts with several leftist organizations, including the Red Rose Movement, which was considered as a left-wing intellectual group, opposing Reagan's politics. During the Second Red Scare, conservative accusers of Obama often biased him because of these associations in the past. Since the mid-2000s, Obama is quieter and only comments and supports some more important political cases, such as the presidential campaign of Kerry. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters.