At a certain stage, the nails fall off and the skin peels away,
as reported in the Blagojevich case-the dermis
and nail beds emerging underneath were interpreted as"new skin" and"new nails.
His political involvement began in 1983 with a mayoral campaign, after which he acquired a taste for cultivating up- and- coming politicians, notably Obama and the current governor of Illinois,
Rod Blagojevich.