Axelrod Huddles With Chicago Mob Linked Giannoulias to discuss Illinois Senate race

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Illinois Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois state treasurer, huddled with White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the state of play of the open Senate seat once held by President Obama.

The meeting was not supposed to be known to the public, but Giannoulias was recognized by reporters while on the White House grounds.

Not generally known: Giannoulias also met with Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chief Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and DSCC staffers and with key members of the Democratic labor union community.

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