Barack Obama? Who'da thunk it?

Politics makes for very strange bedfellows. Thus Obama's queasiness about the trial of Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, his friend of two decades and his campaign fund-raiser, getting under way in federal court in Chicago. "Mr. Rezko, a master fixer in Illinois politics, is charged with money laundering, attempted extortion, fraud and aiding bribery in an alleged multimillion dollar scheme shaking down companies seeking state contracts."

Rico says never let anyone using the nickname 'Tony', particularly one rumored to be under federal investigation (even if he is Syrian, not Italian, he's still from Chicago), run your campaign finances...