Blue Spot: Sweet: Obama and his taking questions about Rezko

Monday, March 03, 2008

Sweet: Obama and his taking questions about Rezko

1 of 2 - Axelrod and Wolfson on This Week - 3/2/08

2 of 2 - Axelrod and Wolfson on This Week - 3/2/08

About 1:36 into part 2 is where Axlerod says Lynn Sweet is wrong about Obama not meeting reporters about Rezko.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS—On Sunday, the chief strategist for the Obama campaign disagreed with my conclusion where I wrote that Obama has not talked to reporters who know the Tony Rezko story the best.

For more than a year, that has been a pretty small group of investigative journalists—from the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. I checked with the Sun-Times reporters before I wrote my column and rechecked again. They all said they have never had a chance to discuss Rezko with Obama.

There have been two times where Obama took questions on Rezko reporters—in Waukegan, Ill. in November, 2005 (transcript is reposted below) or LINK where none of the investigative reporters were present because Obama commented after a political event. There was also a hastily arranged April, 23, 2007, session where Obama talked to some Chicago reporters. The YouTube clip is from NBC5 and the Chicago Sun-Times.
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