Gips: Obama a visionary like Gore
By: Stephen Keating9/29/2008 - 7:56pm
Don Gips, an executive at Level 3 Communications in Broomfield, picked up his tickets at a VIP table set up outside today's rally for Sen. Barack Obama in Westminster.
Gips, formerly domestic policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore, has raised money for Obama and was an early supporter of his presidential campaign.
"I've been working with him for four years," said Gips. "He's a wonderful, inspirational leader. He reminds me of my old boss, Vice President Gore, in his vision for the country." Gips said he got to know Obama by writing "him an e-mail and ended up helping him early on when he was still building his Senate office."
Gips, formerly domestic policy adviser to Vice President Al Gore, has raised money for Obama and was an early supporter of his presidential campaign.
"I've been working with him for four years," said Gips. "He's a wonderful, inspirational leader. He reminds me of my old boss, Vice President Gore, in his vision for the country." Gips said he got to know Obama by writing "him an e-mail and ended up helping him early on when he was still building his Senate office."
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Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing
By MIKE ROBINSON – 5 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have asked to delay the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko indefinitely.
The motion filed Monday afternoon signals the key fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Sen. Barack Obama and other Illinois Domocrats may be telling prosecutors what he knows about corruption in state government.
It asks U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve to delay the sentencing "while the parties engage in discussions that could affect their sentencing postures." The language is all but an acknowledgment that Rezko is talking.
Rezko was convicted of launching a $7 million scheme to use his clout with Blagojevich's administration to pressure a contractor and firms wanting to do business with the state for kickbacks.