[libstripper]

I'm going to throw a bit of cold water on this. If Obama got a favorable rate on the loan for his townhouse and did a political favor in return, I just don't see how it amounts to an act of official bribery. It seems to me he would have had to to an official act to run afoul of the bribery laws.

[Red Badger]

Quid pro quo..............

[ravinson]

If Obama got a favorable rate on the loan for his townhouse and did a political favor in return, I just don't see how it amounts to an act of official bribery.

You're right; Bribery's tough to prove, but where there's smoke there's usually a flame somewhere (especially in Chicago), and Fitzgerald's just the guy to track it down and shine some bright lights on it. Have you noticed how Obama is coming out with lots of new government giveaways when he'd seem to be better off just staying vague?