Remember Rod Blagojevich — the former Democratic governor of Illinois, now a federal prisoner on corruption charges and a musician behind bars? He’s in the news again today after the Chicago Tribune unearthed a recording of wiretapped conversations between him and J.B. Pritzker, a businessman and one of the current Democratic candidates for governor.

Among the topics in the conversations, which occurred in late 2008: Blagojevich’s deep resentment for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who had just been elected president. Blagojevich felt Obama had attached his name to measures in Illinois that Blagojevich wanted more credit for.

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