Congressional Democratic Candidate Takes Cash in Envelope from Convicted Felon Former Congressman Rostenkowski in Front of Students

Capitol Fax Blog reports on the sleazy world of Chicago politics:

Congressional candidate Dan Seals this week invited former congressman and convicted felon Dan Rostenkowski to lecture to night school students about federal policymaking and then took money from Rostenkowski in front of the class, according to student reports.

Seals, who was hired as an instructor to facilitate 10 night school classes this spring at Northwestern’s School of Continuing Studies, invited Rostenkowski to teach students Tuesday night. According to students in the class, after Rostenkowski’s presentation, the convicted felon handed Seals an envelope and said he hoped the contents would help Seals’ campaign.

Just so you know,the Obama campaign brought in a convicted felon to teach Obama volunteers:

Robert Creamer, the husband of U. S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill) who was sentenced to jail for running a community group and paying himself big bucks while banks held the bag, has been teaching a group of young (mostly) volunteers for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama,

Is America ready for this kind of sleaze?