The Media Inspects Obama's Illinois Ties

Since the Blagojevich scandal, the media has begun speculating about Pres.-elect Barack Obama's political ties in Illinois. The insinuation is that Obama may be associated with shady people in Illinois politics.

Yeah. (Yawn.) Whatever.

Shouldn't the media have investigated Obama's political ties by now? It had around two years to do it. It investigated Obama's ties to Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Wright turned out to be a problem, but the majority of Americans still didn't care.

What if Obama does have shady connections in Illinois? Will anyone care about that? Probably not. What is the point of a media investigation other than to fill airtime on cable? This is a fairly lame topic for the media to bring up. The reasons for bringing it up are superficial at best.