Chicago Tribune: "Funds tough to figure for Rezko aid"

[bidenista]

Funds tough to figure for Rezko aid

Calculations of Obama cash vary

By Bob Secter and David Jackson. Tribune reporters Ray Gibson and Stacy St. Clair contributed to this report | TRIBUNE REPORTERS
January 31, 2008

As Barack Obama is finding out, it's not as easy to dump politically toxic campaign donations as it might seem. For the third time in more than a year, Obama's presidential campaign announced this week it was shedding more donations tied to indicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko. Calculations by the media and Obama's own staff of Rezko's financial impact on his past political campaigns have been all over the map and shifting. The reason: The numbers depend on assumptions made about why a donor gave in the first place.

In total, Obama has promised to give to charity more than $150,000 he collected through Rezko. His campaign said the latest installment of $72,650 was raised for his 2004 U.S. Senate race at an elegant dinner at Rezko's 8,500-square-foot Wilmette mansion. It remains unclear whether Obama's campaign has dragged out the process of shedding Rezko money because it was having a difficult time determining the nature of those donations, or if the campaign was reluctant to look hard for them.

Connecting the dots between a political fundraiser and any specific donation, though, is not always simple. Experts say it is more art than science, and precision can be elusive. Obama's campaign still has not offered a clear explanation of how it determines Rezko-linked donations or why he has dealt with them piecemeal, apparently in reaction to bad publicity.

More: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-rezkojan31,1,1045253.story?ctrack=2&cset=true

[bidenista]

1. k.

:kick:

[MethuenProgressive]

2. Obama's caught with more "perfectly clean" money from "really nice man" Rezko.

counting down to some Obamarama posts the doctored 'Clintons with Rezko' pic...
3... 2...

[suston96]

3. The Oistas will stay away from this thread in droves........

[bidenista]

4. why? nt

[suston96]

6. They don't want to hear about Rezco... nt

[blm]

5. NOT hard to figure what Jackson Stephens got for HIS years of donations to

Bush1 and Bill Clinton.

Jackson Stephens was the guy who staked WalMart and brought BCCI into this country for Poppy Bush and Dubai and Saudi royals.

What happened to the BCCI report that named Jackson Stephens and Marc Rich and James Bath and AQ Khan and many other criminal characters involved in the global terror networks, drugrunning, armsdealing and nuclear proliferation?

What happened to that BCCI report when it was handed to Bill Clinton when he took office?

[robbedvoter]

7. This story will become national only if Obama fulfils his purpose in unseating Hillary.

Then they'll make a lot out of it - ME connections - treason, terra - you name it.