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Published 12/9/2008 at Reuters: Politics
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep a distance from his state's governor, who was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday, should enable him to escape becoming tainted by the scandal, analysts said.
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