Trials and tribulations

摘要

Barack obama spent March 3rd making his hopeful pitch to voters in Texas. Antoin "Tony" Rezko spent it in a courthouse in Chicago, the first day of his criminal trial. It would be hard to find two men with more different personas. Mr Obama is the bright face of the Democratic Party. Mr Rezko is seen as one of Chicago's slimiest characters-no small feat in a city where corruption rivals deep-dish pizza as the local speciality. Unfortunately for Mr Obama, he and this shady operator were once quite friendly.