Obama-Rezko ties again at issue

[Little Star]

Source: Chicagotribune.com

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Suddenly, an old friendship forged on the streets of Chicago is threatening to make new waves in the Democratic presidential campaign.

Hillary Clinton's charge this week that Barack Obama represented a Chicago "slum landlord" in the 1990s introduced to a national audience one of Obama's potential political vulnerabilities: his long ties to Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the once-highflying developer soon to go on trial in federal court.

Obama angrily rejected Clinton's accusation at Monday's Democratic debate. And a Tribune review of land and court documents and law firm files as well as correspondence and other records related to Obama's eight years as an Illinois state lawmaker supports his contention that he did not directly represent Rezko's development firm. Instead, the records show, he represented non-profit community groups that partnered with Rezko's firm.

Beyond the heated sound bites is a story of a more complex relationship that long boosted Obama's political fortunes but now could prove a campaign liability. snip<




Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-rezko-clinton-080122,0,5430503.story

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Please read whole two page article.

[shaniqua6392]

1. Thanks for the article.

I will bookmark it for after dinner research!!! Peace.

[Nailzberg]

2. JAN 23. Wrong forum.

[golddigger]

3. I have a feeling that...

this is going to come and bite him on the ass.

[jaysunb]

4. Whitewater, redux ?

:evilfrown:

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Well, Whitewater turned out to be a bust...

[jaysunb]

9. and so will this...

it's just a matter of when & how much damage it will do to the hope for the progress of national unity.

[sam sarrha]

5. here is smore...>>Links>>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/obamas-faustian-bargain-_b_82863.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/obamas-faustian-bargain-_b_82863.html

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&resnum=0&q=tony+rezko+obama&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title

[stillcool]

6. did that 5 days ago.

[Little Star]

7. Sorry. I only read the date at the top of the page not on the article itself.

[HopeforChange]

10. Look like Hillary and Bill knew the guy as well (link)

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-080125embarrass-photogallery,1,2429879.photogallery

Hillary doesn't remember this meeting

[HopeforChange]

12. Rezko and Obama and Hillary and Bill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfxM2cWvrLI

[Frances]

11. I guess it's best to get this out there now

and hopefully put it away before the general election, which is my main focus.

[K Gardner]

13. Bullshit on the 25th Rezko post of the day.

[Tellurian]

14. Well, here's what I want to know. Has Teddy vetted Obama himself?

If so, what does he know that we don't?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Obama-Rezko???

Did he pick a running mate already? Seems a little early in the process for that ...