I was also unable to muster enough outrage at the administration offering an out and out bribe to Stestak.....Why? Because that is the way everything is done in Chicago (where I'm from). Richard J. Daley, Jane Burns, Harold Washington, Richard M. Daley. I literally grew up believing that was the way things were done. It was very confusing to be taught one set of ethics at home and see another set of contrasting ethics being practiced by the Chicago political machine.

You people don't understand Chicago politics. I've lived in and around Chicago my entire adult life. In Chicago, it doesn't matter how you feel about anything. All that matters is how many votes Daley can get from the City Council. His father, Harold Washington, Jane Buryn, all Mayors since Richard Daley 1 have done things this way. It doesn't matter how these votes are gotten. By coercion, persuasion, blackmail, threats to cut off your precinct's $. Even bodily harm. Obama was a gifted student of these methods. He cut his teeth on Chicago potitics. Facts do no matter to him. He will ram through anything he wants, anyway he can. Does the recent "Louisiana Purchase" ring a bell? Before the end of the year, we will have Universal...