Anyone who reads this blog knows that I’m not an Obama fan. But as I look into the Chicago Annenberg Challenge stuff, I’m a little concerned that there just isn’t a there there. At most, it looks like we’ll find out (a) that Barack Obama is a supporter of government-run public education and (b) that he supported and maybe helped craft some key “reform” policies championed by Bill Ayers. But so what! We have a borderline-Stalinist education system in the United States, in which radicals like Bill Ayers are a dime a dozen. I seriously doubt anyone is going to get excited over Obama helping Ayers bail out the Local School Councils or implement some other “reform.”

The only thing of interest at this point would be the financial audit, any personal correspondence that might be included in the files, and the behavior of the UIC Library. For instance, why don’t they have proof of ownership? And if they don’t own the documents, who does? While it could be a conspiracy, it could also be pure incompetence.