His candidacy was doomed, anyway. Illinois governor George Ryan was going to be, or had already been convicted of (I don’t remember the charge).
And the Illinois GOP - a pox be upon them-puts up another RYAN to run for office. STUPID STUPID STUPID…
There was no way he was gonna win that senate seat, I knew that at the time.
The fix was in for Obama, and the RINOpublicand helped.
You are right, the fix was in for Obama probably from the time he transferred to Columbia College.