McKenna Awash in Obama Money

Andy McKenna is spending considerable amount of money portraying himself as more of a Republican than his opponents. He has given special attention to Kirk Dillard and his ad for Barack Obama.

But voters in Illinois should not be fooled: Andy McKenna has a huge connection to Barack Obama and the Democratic Party as well.

Consider:

• McKenna has 97 donors who gave $444,950 to Obama in recent election cycles.

• Those same donors gave McKenna $432,400 from July 1, 2009 to Jan. 22, 2010.

• Those same donors gave $269,908 to other Democrats like Harry Reid, Rahm Emanuel, Charles Shumer, Hillary Clinton, Alexi Giannoulias and the Democratic National Committee.

Combine candidate? Nah.