Most people run for office in THE CITY WHERE THEY LIVE--that caused Obama to cross paths with an interesting cast of characters, but in the case of Rod Blagojevich, it seems like once he took the measure of the man he didn't want much to do with him. He had little to do with Blago after 2006, didn't even ask him to speak at the Dem convention in 2008, and his people didn't give the governor the time of day regarding his recent Senate machinations. Obama mostly kept their "murky" world at arm's length, which is a reason why he is president-elect and why the notion that a machine hack like Blagojevich could even think about running for president in 2016 is almost proof of his insanity. [Emphasis added.]
The title of Bunch’s blog post–"Obama’s support of ethics reform is good news for the GOP"–is a ludicrously snarky distortion of an article that simply notes the unsavory political milieu that nurtured Young Obama. (One of the "interesting characters" in Barack's career is slumlord Tony Rezko--the Zelig of Chicago scandals--who was his early sugar daddy and who helped him buy a house. Marshall and Bunch can cover their ears all they want, but these are simply facts, and they don't sound too good.)
When Obama decided to run for president, he began to distance himself from his sketchier Chicago associates. That was a wise and necessary decision, but it doesn't seem to be enough for his internet groupies, for whom there’s no body of water–be it Lake Michigan or the Potomac River–that Barack can’t walk across.
What’s the difference between the Marshalls of 2008 and Bush worshipers circa 2002? Not much that I can see.
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