Of course the news that Senator Barack Obama was not able to plunge the wooden stake into the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign will be one of the stories coming out of yesterday's New Hampshire Primary.
But that's not the only bad news for the Obama campaign. Tony Rezko, his friend, one-time property neighbor, and perhaps his first political sponsor received the news that his trial will go on as scheduled on February 25.
Rezko's lawyers say they need more time to sort through documents, claiming that there are 1.5 million of them to review.
The trial will probably last a few weeks, and will therefore be taking place while the ballots are cast in these March Democratic primaries: Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas Vermont, Wyoming, and Mississippi.
Rezko, a prolific fundraiser for Democratic candidates, is on trial for steering state business to campaign contributors of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, a scheme that US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald called "Pay to play on steroids."
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