New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Blagojevich Affair and Barack Obama

December 11, 2008

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama's critics said he was a typical product of a seamy political culture. The arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a fellow Democrat, validates the claims about Illinois. But as Steve Chapman writes, it also gives Obama a chance to prove he has managed to tiptoe through the sewer without getting dirty.

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