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Welcome To the Fray, Senator Biden

Longtime readers will recall that Barack Obama's newly tapped running mate Joe Biden was fugitive bundler Norman Hsu's 5th most richly lavished Senator, behind Clinton, Obama, Harkin, and Kennedy.

Over a 15 month period from 2005-2006, the veep hopeful accepted at least $39,100 from Hsu's suspected straw donors.

Hsu's Clinton gambit may not have paid off (and the $87,000 in illicit funds he allegedly steered to Eliot Spitzer probably won't be paying any dividends), but with multi-jurisdictional criminal charges pending, having a friend in the Presidential on-deck circle shouldn't hurt.

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Welcome To the Fray, Senator Biden

Longtime readers will recall that Barack Obama's newly tapped running mate Joe Biden was fugitive bundler Norman Hsu's 5th most richly lavished Senator, behind Clinton, Obama, Harkin, and Kennedy.

Over a 15 month period from 2005-2006, the veep hopeful accepted at least $39,100 from Hsu's suspected straw donors.

Hsu's Clinton gambit may not have paid off (and the $87,000 in illicit funds he allegedly steered to Eliot Spitzer probably won't be paying any dividends), but with multi-jurisdictional criminal charges pending, having a friend in the Presidential on-deck circle shouldn't hurt.