"We have a sick political culture," said Jay Stewart, the executive director of the Chicago Better Government Association, "and that's the environment that Barack Obama came from."
Stewart says he does not understand why Obama has lectured others about corruption in Washington and Kenya but "been noticeably silent on the issue of corruption here in his home state, including at this point, mostly Democratic politicians."
There was no immediate comment from the Obama campaign.
In short, the reform group isn't accusing Obama of anything wrong, but the group notes while Obama has been talking about cleaning up Washington, he hasn't done squat in his own backyard.
And that's about as damaging as anything that could come out of the trial.
