Chapter X: Obama brings Chicago politics to Washington

By Richard Pollock
Published September 19, 2012 4:00am ET
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Chapter X: Obama brings Chicago politics to Washington
Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus program included $499 billion in federal spending, most of which was channeled through state and local governments. Eight of the 10 states getting the most contracts were heavily Democratic, with highly unionized state and local government workforces, according to stimulus award data at recovery.gov.

Chicago has been called the home of “gangster government.” How bad is it?

Consider the following facts about the city from which President Obama rose through the ranks of American public life, from community organizer and local lawyer to the Illinois state legislature to the U.S. Senate and finally the Oval Office:

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