On the Campaign Trail with Ed Tibbetts

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems a lot of the profiles of Barack Obama’s years in the Illinois Senate usually quote our Denny Jacobs.

Take today’s New York Times piece on the Obama years in Springfield. The story starts off with how Obama, who’d been a community organizer, didn’t really fit into the wheelin’ and dealin’ atmosphere of Springfield.

Says ex-Sen. Denny: “One of my first comments to Barack was, ‘What the hell are you doing here?’”

You can read the whole piece here.

Jacobs is a good go-to guy for Obama’s Springfield years because, of course, he knows him (they were poker buddies). But, for reporters, the added bonus is he’s so darned quotable.

Thus, the front page of the New York Times.

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