On the eve of Super Tuesday light, for the first time, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is facing a less fawning press: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Lynn Sweet provides evidence for her assertion that "Obama has not talked to reporters who know the Tony Rezko story the best." From November 2006:
After a month long blitz--selling his new book, stumping for Democrats, testing the water for a 2008 presidential run, Sen. Barack Obama on Monday traveled to Waukegan, Ill. to stump for a House candidate. He found himself answering questions about a real estate deal he made with a local shady developer named Tony Rezko. Rezko was recently indicted on corruption charges.
Fox Embeds details the campaign's subsequent "hastily arranged" 15 1/2 minute press conference. More from MSNBC and the Wall Street Journal.
And Rush Limbaugh urges Democrats to vote for Clinton. I'm sure that made her campaign team jump for joy. (Not.)
From the blogosphere: NAFTA-Gate Has Legs In Ohio, The Tide Begins To Turn On Obama.
Update: more from Althouse and the Washington Post.
And on a different front, Ohio Secretary Of State's Office Rebukes Obama Campaign and Dirty Tricks In Texas and Ohio?.
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