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FRANKFORT — The co-founder of a consortium that hopes to manufacture cutting-edge electric car batteries in Glendale sounded upbeat Friday about the project’s chances of landing federal economic stimulus money — and he downplayed potential political hurdles. James J. Greenberger, who recently visited Kentucky to meet with officials and to attend the Kentucky Derby with Gov. Steve Beshear, said the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Batteries has received high-level attention. In fact, the Chicago attorney said that when the office of President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, called to ask him how much money would be needed to...