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Scandal in Illinois: I'm smarter than you!

 

Published 12/19/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

SCANDAL IN ILLINOIS: I’m smarter than you!The Hill's Reid Wilson probes the relationship between Rahm Emanuel and Rod Blagojevich.  Sources say the two weren't exactly bosom buddies. "Emanuel, many said, thinks he is smarter than Blagojevich, while Blagojevich believes Emanuel rose too fast through the political ranks."  Here's a quote you don't hear every day, re: Jesse Jackson Jr.'s cooperation as an informant to the FBI. “Turning a politician against another politician is not something...( read more ) (link)

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