Published 12/11/2008
at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday morning that he is “confident” no one representing him took part in any pay-to-play dealings with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich over filling Obama’s U.S. Senate seat, and pledged to release details of any communication between his team and the governor’s office over the seat in coming days.
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