mills patronage, rod was still in his shadow. >> you know, he really became known as dick mills, son-in-law first. and i know he hated that he didn't know how to both be his own man and not let dick nell overshadowing >> the only way for rod to survive outside of his father-in-law's machine was to create his own cash flow. so his first step was to hire two of chicago's most bare knuckle political fundraisers chris kelly, and tony rescue >> chris kelly and tony roscoe could generate big bucks. they were fundraisers, they were donors. >> you know, let's just call them what they were, there were influence peddlers they wound up being able to shake the bushes here and help rod raise money they promised access and favors if blagojevich's one and they got results, were dick mills, good old boys would fetch $2,000 at a time. kelly and rascoe would shake loose 50 grand. all that money plus rods appeal to voters who had felt ignored by the entrenched chicago political dynasties well, it proved to be an unstoppable combination >> he ran on some things that were uniquely important to black people and