Obama on Rezko real estate deal details: "I don't recall"

As I blogged yesterday, Barack Obama has an interesting "vacant lot" neighbor, recently indicted Democratic fundraiser Tony Rezko. The Rezko family and the Obamas closed on two adjacent two properties on the same day last year.

As Mark Brown of the Chicago Sun-Times points out, Senator Obama, known for his articulateness, his surprisingly mum about his infamous property-neighbor/

Excerpted from his column (the whole thing is worth reading):

All I know is what Obama told the Tribune. He didn't have time to come to the phone for me.

"I don't recall exactly what our conversations were or where I first learned, and I am not clear what the circumstances were where he made a decision that he (Rezko) was interested in the property," Obama reportedly said.

"I may have mentioned to him the name of [a developer and] he may at that point have contacted that person. I'm not clear about that," he said.

You'd get the impression that the normally glib Obama was dissembling.

Technorati tags: Obama National politics Politics Barack Obama Illinois News Tony Rezko Blagojevich Democrats