Reply #3: More on this guy:

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Kjellander is the Republican national committeeman of Illinois, meaning he's the big GOP honcho.

He's a buddy of White House political director Karl Rove.

So you may think he's a Republican, since he directs the Republican Party.

But Kjellander made more than $800,000 in a $10 billion state bond-borrowing pension deal to help Rod Blagojevich, the Democratic governor of Illinois. Big Bob won't say what he did for the cash.

When Illinois conservatives tried to bounce Kjellander from the post of national committeeman at their convention this spring, White House political director Karl Rove showed up and put on the muscle. Kjellander stayed.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0407040329jul04,1,3467595.column?coll=chi-news-col