Well, that lasted a minute.
Beyond the irony of its outcome, Mr. Obama’s unusual decision to inject himself into a statewide issue during the height of his presidential campaign was a reminder that despite his historic ascendancy to the White House, he has never quite escaped the murky and insular world of Illinois politics. It is a world he has long navigated, to the consternation of his critics, by engaging in a kind of realpolitik, Chicago-style, which allowed him to draw strength from his relationships with important players without becoming compromised by their many weaknesses.
So...by getting out in front of Ethics Reform in Illinois, by making sure a Ethics Bill headed for defeat was instead passed, he's been...tainted?
This is why newspapers are going bankrupt (or at least should be).
I really should have read further into the article. It was late. I wanted to get into bed, and read more in the morning. Will Bunch caught this first, and appropriately ripped the Grey Lady a new one.
This Times story is Day One of what is going to be a brand new silly season in American politics, just when you thought it was safe. No matter how much the next few days demonstrate that Obama didn't want any part of Blago's scam, every phone call in which a junior staffer didn't immediately hang up, or any time that Obama and Blagojevich were in the same room and Obama didn't slap a pair of cuffs on the governor will be more proof of the "murky" circles that Obama travels in.
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