Felix: Illinois should adopt a new state motto when it comes to politics: “Hey, at least we’re not as bad as Louisiana!”.

I found it interesting to watch Obama try to explain the Rezko real estate deal during an interview. Both Obama and his wife Michelle were involved in the deal and both of them are lawyers and yet Obama seemed extremely hard pressed to explain what, by his own admission, was a “simple” deal between he and Rezko.

My dad and my uncle both hail from Chicago and I heard plenty of stories when I was a kid about how “things got done” there.

Obama is already creating plenty of distance between he and Gov. Rod. The “splatter factor” on this one has the potential to do him a lot of damage, especially if Axelrod’s comments prove true (and anyone in the MSM is willing to cover the story).