OBAMA'S FRIEND'S TRIAL AND JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY

Jury selection begins today in the trial of Wilmette businessman and influential political fund-raiser Tony Rezko. He has grabbed national headlines recently because of his ties to White House hopeful Barack Obama. Rezko has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges.  Here is the 7 things we need to know about this trial and Obama's involvement according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Bob Novak in today's Washington Post article, "Obama and the Fixer," asks these important questions:   "There are many questions . . . about his relationship with indicted political fixer Tony Rezko that he could answer, that he has not. What was the exact nature of his relationship with Mr. Rezko? . . . How much money did Mr. Rezko bundle for him? . . . What favors did Senator Obama perform for Mr. Rezko?"  With Novak's Republican sympathies, this is the kind of treatment we can expect for the Democratic nominee...if Obama wins the nomination.