Rush backs Jackson for Obama seat

From NBC’s Cherelle Kantey Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) said he thinks Jesse Jackson Jr. is still the best candidate to succeed Obama in the Senate, despite the cloud around him due to the Blagojevich investigation. “He has really all the capacity, the talents and skills,” Rush said in an interview with MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell . “He would be … in line with the great U.S. senators that Illinois has produced in the past.” Rush said he believes Jackson is being truthful when he says he had nothing to do with a scheme to purchase the vacant senate seat for nearly a half million dollars. “I don't believe that Jesse Jackson Jr. was in any way culpable or that he participated in any acts that would be unlawful,” Rush said. ...( read more ) (link)