Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) charges Obama with "beginning the unraveling of Social Security"

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74. Well, it's been all over the tubes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/chicago-most-corrupt-city_n_1278988.html

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72961.html

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/02/14/chicago-called-most-corrupt-city-in-nation/

http://www.inquisitr.com/195190/chicago-named-most-corrupt-u-s-city-in-not-so-shocking-study/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46408018/ns/local_news-peoria_il/t/report-chicago-most-corrupt-city-nation/

Not sure about your first question, maybe because he was/is a Chicago Democrat.

Yes we all see corruption everywhere, but Chicago has a special place in the annuls of history. Where do you think all those gansters from the 20-50's went(?). Let me help, they went into politics and we are suffering terribly in this state. Along with corruption we are rated about last or second to last in the US as far as fiscal responsibility and solvency.

Several Democrats in labor I've worked with (for the state) have dropped their precinct committeemen posts because of the way these thugs from Chicago govern. When I say they hate labor, I've experienced it and I mean it. They use labor, oh yes and even occasonally thow us a bone, much like the Republicans occasionally throw the religious zealots a bone. But, we are only voting fodder to them, they own us but don't like us and we have no other choices in the political world. I understand this is the same problem across the whole political spectrum. We continue to elect the 1%'ers, there is no other valid option.

Let me make an analogy. While growing up a person lives with horrible parents. They rent this child out for prostitution and to all manner of of evil things. But this child endures, they are his or her parents, they provide a home of sorts clothing and some food. What is the child to do, he has no place to go and knows no other life and the child's parents have constantly warned the child of repercussions if he/she were to go to the authirities. That child represents the residents of Illinois. The Democratic party is the closest we have to what we believe, we can't vote Republican and a vote for any other party is a wasted vote. So we go to the polls to vote against Republians, not necessarily for these Democrats.

I am just disgusted with all politicains at this point, the Repugs because they are crazy as loons, the Democrats becasue they continue to disappoint to the nth degree. Like I said, I just want a party that has MY back and Chicago Democrats like most other politicians do not. Yes both sides are corrupt in this state, Three Dems and one Rep governors have gone to prison, and one other Republican could have, that's like 80% of our Governors over the last thirty years! But I believe it is the standard of corruption in Chicago that have driven it. My problem in this state is just the way they govern and what they do against us, better than Republicans but.........