Obama's Housing Problem

UPDATE: ObamaRezkoShadyDeal***New McCain ad. Rezko rears his head in the Obama haunted house:P.S. This is good:)UPDATE: The Swamp:

Rezko's guilty verdict on 16 of 24 corruption counts could have broad repercussions for Blagojevich, who made Rezko a central player in his kitchen cabinet. It could also prove a political liability Obama, who once counted Rezko as a friend and fundraiser. A federal judge has put off Rezko's sentencing until a week before the election.

"I'm saddened by today's verdict," Obama said at the time of the conviction. "This isn't the Tony Rezko I knew, but now he has been convicted by a jury on multiple charges that once again shine a spotlight on the need for reform.''[snip]

The senator paid $1.65 million for a Georgian revival mansion, while Rezko, a developer, paid $625,000 for the adjacent, undeveloped lot. Both closed on their properties on the same day. Then, to increase the size of his lot, Obama paid Rezko $104,500 for a strip of his land. The transaction occurred at a time when it was widely known that Rezko was under investigation by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

P.S. Hugh Hewitt asks, among other things--how many houses has Bill Ayers blown up?

P.P.S: Powerline:

McCain's campaign, though, took it amiss and struck back hard. Brian Rogers, McCain's spokesman, said:

Does a guy who made more than $4 million last year, just got back from vacation on a private beach in Hawaii and bought his own million-dollar mansion with the help of a convicted felon really want to get into a debate about houses? Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people “cling” to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a debate about who’s in touch with regular Americans? “The reality is that Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and opposition to producing more energy here at home as gas prices skyrocket show he’s completely out of touch with the concerns of average Americans.”

Touche, I guess. The truth is that McCain isn't out of touch with "ordinary people" because he's rich, he's out of touch with his own domestic arrangements because he cares little about material things, and for many years has devoted his extraordinary energies not to enjoying his wife's money, but to serving the American people. Given the number of nights he's spent in hotels or on military bases over the last few years, it's no wonder he hasn't seen much of his wife's condos.