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by Steven Ertelt Steven Ertelt is the editor of LifeNews.com. Millions of Americans who may otherwise have voted for his opponent supported Barack Obama because he promised change. Obama was supposed to be the hope of something new and different -- a way to transcend the bitter and divisive partisan politics that swallowed the two previous presidential elections. With the scandal involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, we already know the more things change the more they stay the same. Barack Obama has not been officially inaugurated as our next president yet a scandal of epic proportions involves one of his...

For months, Republicans and Hillary Clinton tried desperately to link Barack Obama to the "Chicago way" of corruption. The GOP tried again Tuesday after feds busted Illinois' governor on charges of trying to sell Obama's Senate seat. The only problem with making it stick is that Obama's advisers blew off Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attempts to get favors in return for giving the President-elect a say on his successor, the federal complaint says. Obama distanced himself further Tuesday. "I had no contact with the governor or his office," he said. "I was not aware of what was happening." His statement seemed...