I figured "adviser" was a better term than co-conspirator, or bagman. We're not even going to explore the relationship between Obama and Daley's political machine. Doesn't it strike you as a bit "convenient" that the very political machine that Obama, as a neighborhood organizer, was fighting against, actively supported (some would say manipulated) him in the next election? Payback for previous concessions, perhaps?

Surely, you have noticed that Michelle has been put on a short leash .... she is the adviser that has been "modified".