While the NYT has been busy with their hit and run against Sen. McCain all the Dem strategists come talking heads have been touting a similar phrase, “where there is smoke, there’s fire”.  If that’s the case, then Obama’s house is burning down because Rezko and his dirty dollars bought it. From today’s Wall Street Journal 

While the Chicago trial doesn’t involve Sen. Obama, it puts the candidate’s ties to Mr. Rezko back in the spotlight. Mr. Rezko is under indictment for extortion, and prosecutors will try to prove he used connections with state politicians and appointees to orchestrate kickback schemes. The 52-year-old real-estate developer, a key player in the Illinois political establishment, has pleaded not guilty. When asked if the timing of the trial could be problematic for the Obama campaign, spokesman Bill Burton said, “By now it is well-established that Sen. Obama is not involved in the matters at issue in the trial.” Sen. Clinton laid into her rival in a debate last month over his ties to Mr. Rezko, whom she labeled a “slum landlord,” and her campaign has suggested that Mr. Rezko played a bigger role in Sen. Obama’s professional and personal life than the candidate has acknowledged.  

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