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Back to Blago
A federal grand jury in Chicago has handed up a 16-count indictment of former Illinois Gov. Rod "Nothing But Sunshine" Blagojevich, his brother Rob, two former chiefs of staff, a former Blago fundraiser, and an Illinois capital mover and shaker....
Thoughts to End the Evening
As I said in my initial reaction, I thought this was a victory, though not a big one, on points for Obama. But in the context of the campaign, I think that's a substantial win for Obama. And like the...
ID Overdrive (or Bully Smacked)
McCain: We have barely begun to POW! ... Advisors say if Obama gets "nastier" on that issue that opens the door for them. Advisors say the "Rezko deal stinks to the high heavens." They will be prepared to show McCain's...
Ride that Tire Swing!
From TPM Reader KB ... Josh, I don't know if you have anyone back in NY running the Tivo machines today, but on the ABC roundtable today Mark Halperin made the point (obviously whispered to him by McCain folks) that...
Ya Brought It on Yourself!
About four years ago I described what I called the Republicans' 'bitch slap' theory of electoral politics. Stuff like the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry and McCain's Celeb/P Diddy assault on Obama aren't really about the attacks themselves. In...
Second Thoughts
With an era of good feelings breaking out among Democrats nationwide, I hesitate to delve back into the acrimony and angst of the Obama-Clinton duel and all the anger it sowed between Democrats across the country. But I do it...
Interests in Common?
Some very interesting news today out of the trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko, one-time Barack Obama fundraiser and friend. On the national level, Patrick Fitzgerald is best known as a scourge of the Bush White House, because of his role...
DT'S Plan B
[ed.note: A few readers seem to have had the misimpression that we might agree with DT's email. Ummm ... not so. And in case there's any question, most of DT's claims are patently false. Actually I'm not sure there's a...
TPM Reader IB responds ... The bigger question is how did we get here? Obama rolled the dice, thinking he could win Texas and keep Ohio close. Had he done that, the kitchen sink strategy would have been seen as...
Don't Let Others Define You
TPM Reader JG takes a contrary view ... I think the post is only half right. When Obama got called on the NAFTA/Canadian contact and when the Rezko issue arose, Obama's weak and confused response did tremendous damage to white...
Pile On
The Clinton campaign is currently holding a Rezko conference call. We'll let you know what gets said. In other news, Todd Gitlin is not happy about the Clinton-McCain tag team or the McCain camp's conniving with the Canadian PM to...
Timeline: Barack Obama's Ties to Tony Rezko
1990 While Obama is still attending Harvard Law School, Rezko offers him a job. Obama declines. 1995 Rezko contributes to Obama's campaign for the Illinois State Senate (Obama said it was his "best guesstimate" that Rezko raised $10,000 to...
The Problem With Bill 2.0
I've been trying for several days now to sort out my reactions to the increasingly bitter turn of the Democratic nomination race. So let share with you my thoughts about where we are. As I told you at the time,...
