Obama Satisfied All Doubts About Rezko
This report from the Chicago Tribune details the conclusion of the editors and journalists at the Chicago Tribune after sitting down with barack Obama and asking him detailed questions about his ties to convicted land mogul Tony Rezko. The original article at the Chicago Tribune's website is off-line, so I am reproducing it here in full below the fold for reference. March 16, 2008 U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a lengthy and, to us, plausible explanation for the presence of now-indicted businessman Tony Rezko in his personal and political lives. The most remarkable facet of Obama's 92-minute discussion was that, at the outset, he pledged to answer every question the three dozen Tribune journalists crammed into the room would put to him. And he did. Along the way he confronted the starkest innuendo that has dogged him and his campaign for the presidency: the...