Obama’s Foul Weather Friends

By Scott Swett and Roger Canfield
The lack of media interest in the role of former domestic terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn in Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s political ascent in Chicago is one of the most remarkable aspects of the 2008 presidential campaign.  When the question is raised at all, reporters are quick to repeat [...]

Obama ’s Friends and Chicago’s New Slums

by Lee Cary
In 1993, Barack Obama joined a Chicago law firm that specialized in helping develop low-income housing. In time, the job would bring him political support from slum landlords who make Clinton’s shady Arkansas associates look like teenage shoplifters.
Obama’s connections with public housing developers and property managers have been investigated in depth by a [...]

WGN-AM again target of Obama campaign

by John McCormick and Steven Schmadeke, updated
Chicago radio station WGN-AM is again coming under attack from the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama for offering airtime to a controversial author.
It is the second time in recent weeks the station has been the target of an “Obama Action Wire” alert to supporters of the Illinois Democrat.
Monday [...]