tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/10/2009
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The Illinois state House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Here are the vote numbers: 114 Yes, 1 No, 1 Present.
Blago's impeachment now proceeds to the state Senate for a trial, in the same process as the federal constitution uses. He is widely expected to be out of office as ...
suntimes.com - 1/13/2009
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suntimes.com —
Barack Obama jogged only slightly ahead of Rod
Blagojevich across the news landscape of the past month,...
the glistening horizon of a new Camelot ahead, perhaps, but the jagged outline of the clouted city not far behind. Obama and Blago are more than ...
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Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline
salon.com - 1/7/2009
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salon.com —
Jan 6th, 2009 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov.
Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a...
top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president -- just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming ...
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AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
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Burris, Part Deux!
Talking Points Memo —
... no way. And he's already shifted. But the clock is also ticking on Burris. The Illinois House just impeached Blagojevich yesterday. So he could be out of office by early February, if not sooner. And as soon as that happens, the new governor could appoint someone else who the senate would probably readily seat, making Burris's appointment a dead letter. So Burris needs to press the matter now or risk having Reid and Durbin roll over on the ball and run out the clock. ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/10/2009 — Give Rod Blagojevich credit: This man simply does not back down on health care -- the issue that is the true reason the legislature is trying to remove him from office.
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Is Blago nuts?
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/7/2009 —
Ezra Klein quotes Dan Conley on what Blago’s trying to accomplish :
The appointment of Burris is a pure impeachment-defense tactic from Blagojevich. First, he’s making a public case that no crime was actually committed. If Burris was ...
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article.nationalreview.com 12/12/2008 — There are so many bleeping things to love about this bleeping-bleep Blagojevich scandal its hard to know where to begin.
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online.wsj.com 12/11/2008 — JAMES TARANTO When the 111th Congress convenes next month, the Democrats may have only 57 senators. It now appears that as a result of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's efforts to sell President-elect Obama's erstwhile seat, Blagojevich may not be able to give ...
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politico.com 12/19/2008 — Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich struck a defiant tone in a Chicago press conference today, pledging to fight federal corruption charges in court and to stay in office despite calls for his resignation and talk of impeachment.
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