Although it did not go unreported, convicted Chicago political influencer Tony Rezko’s 10-year prison sentence was treated as an afterthought during the short Thanksgiving workweek. Also an afterthought: the amazing facility with which President Obama has completely escaped Rezko’s orbit in the liberal mainstream media’s standard narrative. From the coverage he gets now, you would hardly know that Rezko dined with the current president of the United States on occasion, and even hosted him at his vacation home.

You might forget that Rezko was one of Obama’s most important donors. Surely, no one remembers that Obama used his influence as a public official to help Rezko obtain $14 million in local taxpayers’ money to build a residence for senior citizens. The building wasn’t even in his state Senate district.