If Obama’s CHIEF OF STAFF Rahm Emmanuel, FROM CHICAGO, is the one who tipped off the feds, that should be a hint for you that Obama is nto working with Blago. In fact, Obama has clashed with Blagojevich for some time now. First when he pushed ethics reform while in the State Senate, which Blago (surprise surprise) fought against. Why do you think he pushed ethics reform right away in the state Senate? Why do you think he worked on it in Washington? Why do you think he plans on having one of the most transparent presidencies, with weekly addresses to the country and a website with all the goings on available for the public to look at?

For two years, the Clinton folks and then the McCain folks tried to get anything at all whatsoever on Obama. They had nothing. And they looked hard. There is nothing crooked. He’s been looked into by every rabid, foaming at the mouth conspiracy theorist who would probably give up their first born child to find something on this guy. And they have nothing.

If you actually lived in Chicago, or in Illinois, you would know the main players in our messed up system. And then you would know how Obama shunned these players in his run and now his cabinet posts.

And if you want to know how Obama thrived in Chicago without being crooked, it was by playing by the rules. It kind of took a lot of people by surprise. He got opponents in his state senate run kicked off the ballot because they had not followed rules about the number of signatures on a petition to run for office. He used all the rules and legal loopholes (including his ‘present’ votes which were part of a political strategy) to his advantage.
And he went to people the democrats here never bothered to go to- southern Illinoisians. It’s the same way he played the general. People like him and trust him. People vote for him. Just like they did in November. It’s no different here. So he doesn’t have to rely on our terrible governor giving him a boost. He doesn’t have to rely on shady contributions- this is the man who raised close to a billion dollars! He has always been above the crap that goes on here, and that’s how he thrived in Chicago without being crooked.

Fun facts:
4 out of the last 7 governors of Illinois have been arrested. Precedent?
Before the scandal broke on Tuesday morning, Blagojevich had an approval rating of 3%. (I guess the good news for him would be that getting arrested really couldn’t do much damage to his approval).

No one involved in Chicago politics should be trusted. Get ready for shenanigans just like the Clintons as Obama brings good old Chicago cronies with him.