Barack Obama's Ties to Blagojevich Still 'Sketchy'

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My friend Michael at My Personal Litmus offers two great sketches that highlight the scandal involving Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) and the impact it might have on Barack Obama.

One sketch highlights three things:

• The possible blowback against Obama resulting from news that the voice of Rahm Emanual, his chief of staff, can be heard on FBI recordings of 21 separate conversations he had with Blagojevich;

• The shadow such a scandal casts on both Obama and the Democratic Party in general; and

• The growing sense of disgust ordinary Americans feel toward members of the press corps who seem more inclined to give next president of the United States a "pass" rather than doing their jobs as journalists.

Another sketch offers a realistic portrait of how a young Obama might have attempted to explain away his involvement in breaking the window of a house with a baseball.

Flash forward 40 years, and Obama can be expected to display the same "window washing" skills as he deals with "Blago-Gate."

-- Bob McCarty Writes