The story of Barack Obama’s shady dealings with Antoin “Tony” Rezko over the the purchase of Obama’s Chicago mansion and the lot next door may be breaking fast enough to save Hillary Clinton in Texas and Ohio Tuesday.

Even though the story was first reported in 2006 and the Chicago papers have been re-working the story the past few weeks, the liberal drive-by media throughout America has given it little play.  If it weren’t for conservative bloggers, Obama might have gotten his party’s nomination before the truth about his corruption became public.

 According the Chicago Tribune:

Weeks after saying he’d answered all questions about his controversial dealings with the now-indicted Rezko, Obama released new details about their purchase of adjacent lots from the same seller on the same day. But the disclosures by Obama’s presidential campaign left unanswered questions and raised new ones.

Apparently the seller of Obama’s mansion also sold the vacant lot next door to Rezko’s wife on the very same day in 2006 as the house was sold to the Obamas.  Here’s the deal: Rezko’s wife paid the full $625,000 asking prize for the undeveloped lot and Barack and Michelle got $300,000 off the asking price for the mansion.  The Obamas only paid $1.65 million.  And it get’s better: the “vacant lot” has been turned into a garden and is only accessible today from Obama’s lot.

Obama has been reticent to discuss Rezko since the Tribune in 2006 revealed their property transactions. He has called their financial dealings “boneheaded” because, at the time, Rezko was reported to be under grand jury investigation. Rezko is set to go on trial next month on corruption and fraud charges.

Looks like the Democrats are close to nominating not only the next McGovern-Dukakis, but a corrupt one at that.  2008 is going to be a great year for Republicans!