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No Bidding War for House Next to Obamas' Chicago Home; Mansion Finally Sells for $1.4 million
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyThe mansion next to President Obama's stately Chicago home finally sold for $1.4 million on Tuesday, after the global bidding war the sellers hoped for never materialized, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Apparently, no buyers wanted to pay a premium to live next to the president. Not that the Obamas are ever around their home in the city's South Side Kenwood community. Since taking office, the family has been back only once, on Valentine's Day weekend last year, with the president also making a quick stop there in 2009 after a Chicago speech. But the block on South Greenwood Avenue is ...
Guilt by Association
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn philosophical parlance, it is known as the "Bad Company Fallacy." Guilt-by-association posits that if you befriend someone who has questionable beliefs, then, by definition, you too have questionable beliefs. This "company you keep" critique has been a running theme in this year's race for the White House, and it exploded this week when Sarah Palin and John McCain decided to try refocus Barack Obama's associations with William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright into a central theme of their campaign. Obama has fired back with McCain's involvement in the Keating 5 scandal, and, in terms of ...
Obama's Pals
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyDemocrats and their friends in the press are moose-hunting angry this morning over Sarah Palin's recent comment that Senator Obama "pals around with terrorists" which she made in reference to his being pals with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. The big line of defense we hear against this charge is "guilt by association". Their argument is absolutely true, if the charge is terrorism. You can't call Obama guilty of terrorism merely for associating with terrorists. Of course, it's a straw man position. He isn't being accused of any guilt which ought to be Ayers' burden. He's being accused of ...
'Chicago Machine' - New McCain Ad
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyJohn McCain's campaign is airing a new ad in battleground states titled "Chicago Machine" It's :30 seconds. ...
Obama and the RNC on Rezko
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyBarack Obama and the RNC have each released statements on today's conviction of Antoin 'Tony' Rezko by a Chicago jury. The RNC pulled no punches: "On the day Barack Obama hoped to unite his party after wheezing over the finish line and claiming the Democrat nomination, a jury in his hometown of Chicago convicted his longtime friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko of multiple felonies. This is further proof that Obama's high-flying rhetoric is just that and in no way represents the kind of change our nation demands. Today's verdict and Obama's friendship with Rezko raise serious questions about ...
Rezko Verdict: Guilty
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyThe Federal corruption trial of Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko has concluded, the jury finding him guilty on 16 of 24 counts, including influence-peddling and corruption charges. Rezko, of course, made national headlines after the Clinton campaign highlighted his association with Senator Barack Obama, who among other ties, participated in a deal with Rezko in order to purchase a Chicago home. Rezko has his fingers deep in Chicago politics. He was a big time fundraiser for Gov. Blagojevich and his influence with the administration is a key point in the trial. Among other things, Rezko is ...
The End!
By David Knowles - Politics DailyI think there's one thing we can all agree upon about this year's Democratic primary for president: It wasn't boring. In fact, if it was a novel, you'd have to term it a page-turner, and one with no lack of drama. A dizzying number of sub-plots and bit players filled out the narrative: Norman Hsu, Bosnia, Reverend Wright, Bill Clinton, Tony Rezko, the media, 3 a.m., Florida, Michigan, inevitability, assassination, "sweetie", Geraldine Ferraro, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Penn, and the DNC. When you step back from this thing for a moment and consider that the bulk of this happened over a mere six-month ...
Rezko Trial Winds Down With Impact Uncertain
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe public corruption trial of businessman and political fundraiser Tony Rezko is expected to end today with closing arguments entered by both sides in Federal District court in Chicago. Rezko stands accused of engaging in kickback schemes involving two powerful Illinois state boards totaling $7 million. Rezko raised funds for a number of prominent Illinois officials, including Sen. Barack Obama, and the outcome of the trial could have an impact on the presidential race. While Obama is not accused of any wrongdoing, a Rezko conviction would be a major embarrassment to his campaign.The timing ...
Can't Win
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThe race for the White House has turned increasingly speculative. We've ditched all policy questions at the side of the road in favor of idyll musing as to which candidate has the best, or worst, chance of actually winning. The substantive reasons why John McCain, Barack Obama, or Hillary Clinton should win or lose have happily been traded in for whatever is handy and effective. Global food shortage? Who cares when we've got lapel pins? What matters, you see, is that we opinionators craft what sounds like a plausible reason why the person we happen to dislike is going to go down in flames. A ...
Obama Linked to Rezko, Scooby-Doo, Bacon
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThere are apparently two Antoin "Tony" Rezko trials going on, each in a different universe. In this universe, the latest development in the trial seems to be a setback for the government's case, as its star witness took some pretty big hits on the stand:After seven days of testifying about his crooked deals with the accused Antoin "Tony" Rezko, chief prosecution witness Stuart Levine was hit with a slashing cross examination. Defense attorney Joseph Duffy went after Levine's memory and credibility, first getting Levine to talk more about his drug habit and binges at the now infamous Purple ...
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