riehlworldview.com - 8/7/2008
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No doubt you'll be seeing more of this video of Obama praising Kwame Kilpatrick at Hot Air .
But that's not all the political fun Detroit holds for Obama. Back in May a columnist at the Toledo Blade was already pointing out Kilpatrick would be poison for Obama . And in his round-up of the political moves that might follow a Kilpatrick exit, there's this absolute gem below.
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doubleplusundead —
... , but I'll be curious to see how much corrupt political machinery harms the Obama campaign. Kilpatrick has been a disaster for Detroit, but by no means is Kilpatrick the only corrupt politician in Detroit that could become a high profile embarrassment for Obama . That link talks about the equally unstable Monica Conyers. She's a real loose cannon, and could also prove to be an embarrassment, and the fact that she's the wife of John Conyers just makes it that much worse. And there could easily be more. These are just two people in one city, undoubtedly more inconvenient ...
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