Tony Rezko

is Obama's problem, not Clinton's.

And because of the extensive connections between the two and because of the upcoming Rezko trial, one must ask why Obama decided to run with this entire cemetery of skeletons in his closet.

Is it because Oprah and Michelle fed him so much shit he could be president that despite his numerous shortcomings he actually believed it? Is it because he was suckered by a mendacious media that has pumped him up since his rather dull keynote address at the 2004 convention by anointing him the new "star" of the Democratic Party? Is it because the DNC was hellbent on pimping for him and Hillary Clinton so the party wouldn't have to worry about raising money from financial elites and corporate entities by going all out to destroy John Edwards and Obama couldn't say no? Or, if one is truly into conspiracies, is he actually a closet Republican who is in national politics solely to split Democrats and make it easy for the GOP to win in November? Or, more likely, is he an unwitting ringer to be the George McGovern of 2008 and is being used by the GOP-loving media as a punching bag for John McCain?

We will find out the answer soon enough.