CAC: Who is Ken Rolling?

I've been informed that saying "Who is so-and-so" is racist code language. Oh, well.

One of my potential PolitiFact critiques has led me to look into the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. There are many pieces to the CAC puzzle, and it will probably take considerable time before a deeply informative picture emerges. Not to join PolitiFact in dismissing the work of Stanley Kurtz. Kurtz may well be on to something, but he won't get a serious hearing until a solid basis of fact undergirds the public image of CAC.

Ken Rolling was the executive director of CAC. FEC filings indicate heavy financial support for one candidate prior to Rolling's donations to Barack Obama: Janice Schakowsky.

clipped from www.govtrack.us

Schakowsky is a far-left Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship. (Where do these labels come from?)

Wikipedia refers to Schakowsky's membership in Progressive Caucus. The "Open Left" blog had this to say about her:

Schakowsky is exactly the sort of person we need in the Senate to start building up the progressive network that Matt has been writing about. She votes right on everything and, beyond that, is notable as a fighter for introducing progressive legislation that is even included in the Responsible Plan To End the War In Iraq.

This provides at least something of a picture of Rolling's politics.