One of the exit polls showed that even though everyone voted for him, they wouldn't have a heart attack if Hillary ran the general ticket (75%). About 83% of Hillary voters said the same thing about Obama. This is a good sign. As polarized as the media tries to make it, and despite some people's extreme distaste for one or the other candidate, these polls show that the public is generally happy with both options. That's a good sign for the general election and also reflects the fact that most voters realize these two candidates are not that different from eachother. Stats like that make me feel good about the general election regardless of which candidate gets the ticket to advance.

No person can unite the different racial, religious, and political groups in the United States; generations of Americans working together have not been able to accomplish that.

And all that talk about changing Washington is utterly ridiculous; change will come in the form of a different administration, which is very welcome, but the system is fundamentally the same. Any changes that will come will come in small increments.

Hillary should be asking questions like these, not bringing up crap about slum landlords.

Except, of course, that he didn't...

But why let facts stand in the way?

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday that his campaign would give charities $40,350 in donations linked to his former friend and fundraiser Tony Rezko, a Chicago businessman who has pleaded not guilty to federal influence-peddling and bank fraud charges.

Obama already has divested more than $44,000 in Rezko-affiliated donations during the last year. But Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said the campaign made a comprehensive review of donations affiliated with Rezko and "found some we'd feel more comfortable not having."

Burton pointed out that other presidential campaigns have disposed of questionable funds, and added, "Our consistent practice in these circumstances is to give the funds to charity out of an abundance of caution."

Obama has not been accused of any wrongdoing and Burton said Obama had no reason to suspect at the time that the donations might be linked to allegations of impropriety. Obama and the campaign have not been questioned by federal agents investigating Rezko, Burton said.

Burton said the new divestments were prompted by a published report Saturday that one $10,000 donation to Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign came from a fraud scheme that Rezko is accused of devising.

Although details of that donation have been made public -- and Obama divested the $10,000 last year -- the candidate has hoped to put questions behind him as he heads toward the Feb. 5 primaries, when 22 states are set to vote.

According to Saturday's Chicago Sun-Times, which cites an unnamed source, Obama was the unnamed "political candidate" referred to in a Dec. 21 court document that accuses Rezko of orchestrating a scheme in which a firm hired to handle state teacher pension investments first had to pay $250,000 in "sham" finder's fees.

From that money, $10,000 was donated to Obama's successful run for the Senate in the name of Glenview entrepreneur Joseph Aramanda, the story said.

Aramanda's attorney, Terence Gillespie, could not be reached for comment Saturday.

Business records show Aramanda once served as chief operating officer of a Rezko company, and Aramanda has been publicly identified as "Individual D" in the pension fraud case against Rezko. Aramanda has not been charged with any crime.

The Tribune had reported that Obama hired Aramanda's son as a 2005 summer intern in Obama's Capitol Hill office after Rezko recommended him.

Obama has denied using his government clout to do favors for Rezko.

As with Aramanda, no charges have been filed against the additional donors whose funds are being divested. None could be reached for comment Saturday evening. Among the donations are:

*$10,500 from Michel Malek, a neurologist and former investor in Rezko Enterprises.

*$2,000 from Fortunee Massuda, a founder of a chain of foot and ankle clinics and a former investor in Rezko Enterprises.

*$3,000 from Imad Almanaseer, a real estate and fast-food impresario and former member of LARC Realty, a Rezko business.

Rezko's trial is scheduled to begin next month. His attorney Joseph Duffy could not be reached for comment Saturday, nor could a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago.

Hillary can't ask those questions because she also supports universal health care and is about the last person in the world who can question anyone on bringing both sides together.