Chicago Democrats, Chicago Mob, and Politics

Flashback, a look at Chicago Democrats and the Chicago Mob. Was Blago a mobbed up bookie? What did the FBI know about Blago's alleged bookmaking past? Here's a documentary by National Geography on how the Chicago Mob's political arm got attacked. Here's a look at when Blago put a friend with Chicago Mob ties on the Illinois state payroll. Here's Obama's pal Alexi Giannoulias and those large bank loans to Chicago Mob bookmakers. A look at when Blago brought Eric Holder in to make the Chicago Mob town of Rosemont look "normal".