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COMMENTS: Chicago is not Camelot
The Rod Blagojevich scandal was juicy enough for CBS and ABC both to send a correspondent out on the Chicago streets to collect vox pop. "It is perfect fodder for the late night comics," mused CBS' Cynthia Bowers, who found that the prosecutor's charges of office-selling "shocked even the most cynical of citizens." ABC's Jim Avila (no link) made a similar observation: "The people of Illinois, who generally have a high tolerance for political hijinks, are still reeling." He quoted John Kass, Chicago Tribune columnist: "Despite the Barack Obama moment this city has been basking in, this is not Camelot. It is just Illinois."
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