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He concedes the Democrats may find the going difficult in November “given the mood, given how people feel about Washington”, but says he is hoping to concentrate on the issues. That seems unlikely, given that he is already looking beyond the primaries and attacking Mr Kirk’s record of taking contributions from corporations.
Although Mr Obama endorsed Mr Giannoulias’s campaign for treasurer, he was not the president’s top choice to run in the primary. In a sign that he was concerned about Illinois long before the special election in Massachusetts, the president summoned Lisa Madigan, the state’s attorney-general, to the White House last year and asked her to run for the seat.
She declined and several other high-profile Democrats have also ruled themselves out.
Mr Giannoulias has baggage as the scion of a Chicago banking family who lent money to both Michael Giorango, a convicted bookmaker and prostitution-ring promoter, and Tony Rezko, a fundraiser for Mr Blagojevich convicted of fraud.

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