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The New York Post reports:
It looks like convicted Chicago power merchant Tony Rezko could have two friends in the White House come January - if the Democratic ticket is elected, that is.
Barack Obama's ties to the prolific fund-raiser and developer - who faces up to 20 years behind bars following his June conviction for wire fraud, mail fraud, money-laundering and soliciting bribes - are relatively well-known.
Over the years, Rezko raised some $250,000 for Obama's campaigns. And, in 2005, he helped Barack and Michelle Obama by buying a lot they couldn't afford right next to the home they'd just purchased - then selling them part of the property.
Obama, who severed his ties to Rezko just as he started running for president, avers now that the purchase was "a bone-headed move."
But it seems that he's not the only "bonehead" on the ticket. It turns out that Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, is tied into the Rezko network, too.
As the Post says
maybe Obama's aides just figured there was nothing unseemly in both members of the Democratic ticket enjoying ties to convicted extortionists.
