Daley, Chicago's mayor (who, though respected, failed to stem corruption beneath him), and Todd Stroger, whom Mr Obama endorsed to succeed Mr Stroger's scandal-dogged father as president of Cook County's board.
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Nor did he lift a finger against John Stroger and his son Todd, who succeeded his father as president of Cook County's Board of Commissioners shortly before Stroger senior died last January.