I guess if Barack Obama can come through the political sewer of Chicago/Illinois politics without being soiled, then maybe he really can run with the big boys. There are some pretty corrupt Heads of State out there in the world, and this may have been good training for the President-Elect.
Looks like there were three ex-Illinois governors that have gone to jail since the early '70's... Kerner, Walker, Ryan- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/09/illinois-legacy-of-corrup_n_149643.html
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