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chicagotribune.com - 11/10/2008
Obama's new best friend -
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Yes, voters want change—and not just in Washington. Decade upon decade, the Illinois culture of political sleaze has cheated citizens of this state. Public corruption has distorted governance, thieved from innocents and alienated voters who now distrust many of the officials whose salaries they ...
susiemadrak.com - 11/5/2008
Yes. We Can.
— susiemadrak.com — Back during the Great Primary Wars of 2008, I was arguing with a friend about Obama when... she stopped me cold with this: “If nothing else, it’s a very good thing for every black kid in America to see that particular family in the White ... (more) Yes. We Can.

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Why President-elect Obama should pick a Republican to replace him in the Senate.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Which leads to the question: is Blagojevich trying to run out the clock? Patrick Fitzgerald serves pretty much at the discretion of the President, after all - and starting 01/20/2009 that President will be Barack Obama. As the Chicago Tribune notes, Obama promised during the campaign to leave Fitgerald where he was: they take him at his word, while the Daily Observer ...

The Fitzgerald factor
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... The Chicago Tribune wants assurances that Barack Obama will keep at least one of his campaign promises.  Patrick Fitzgerald, as a political appointee, serves as US Attorney only as long as it pleases the President.  Will Obama replace Fitzgerald just as his investigation into the Chicago Machine begins to put some of the President-elect’s political allies in his crosshairs? Today one unstoppable force of nature threatens the culture of sleaze and its insider financial deals, its illegal patronage hiring, and its pay-to-play contracts for cronies: Since his arrival from New ...

Obama Needs to Keep Fitzgerald Right Where He Is...
The New Editor — From a Chicago Tribune editorial: (emphasis added) Yes, voters want change—and not just in Washington. Decade upon decade, the Illinois culture of political sleaze has cheated citizens of this state. Public corruption has distorted governance, thieved from innocents and alienated voters who now distrust many of the officials whose salaries they pay. Today one unstoppable force of nature threatens the culture of sleaze and its insider financial deals, its illegal patronage hiring, and its pay-to-play contracts for cronies: Since ...

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