It looks like Hillary has decided on her new role in the Democratic Party, that of Leftwing pamphleteer.  The Wall Street Journal today has published an article by Hillary putting a spotlight on the corrupt and venal spread of private contractors such as Blackwater and Halliburton for projects and jobs that were once handled by government institutions.

Excerpt below the fold from the WSJ article entitled,No Crisis Is Immune From Exploitation Under Bush

I just read this interesting story at Real Clear Politics about Obama's chances to win the General Election.  I have always assumed that he was a sure thing for winning in November but this story has some strong analysis that argues otherwise, with lots of charts that break down his vs. Clinton's voting blocs.  

It looks like Clinton's argument that she is the better candidate for the general has some backing in the numbers.  Of course I don't know if Cost skewed the numbers to favor Clinton but if he is an honest broker, then my fears about Obama really have some basis in reality.  

He is the perfect Democratic primary candidate but more problematic for the general.  Cost summarizes -

Hi, this is my first diary, I've been lurking a while, ever since KOS became an Obama echo chamber.  

I just started reading a bit of a series of articles written by Evelyn Pringle on the whole story behind the Rezko corruption trial and Patrick Fitzgerald's criminal investigation of the corruption pyramid behind this trial.  It seems that Rezko is only one of the indictees of his probe, many others have pleaded guilty and agreed to co-operate in his investigation in exchange for leniency.

It's a huge series of articles and I've only begun to read them but my question is: is this reporter Pringle a legit journalist or a hack for political operatives?