suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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suntimes.com —
President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm
Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a
U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. ...
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Emanuel talked directly to gov: source
blogs.suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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blogs.suntimes.com —
My Sun-Times colleagues Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman
in a story in the Thusday paper report Rahm
Emanuel's involvement in pushing Gov. Blagojevich to appoint Valerie Jarrett to replace President elect Barack Obama was deeper than previously ...
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Emanuel's deeper involvement in pressing for Jarrett ...
suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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suntimes.com —
Rahm Emanuel's role in attempting to influence Gov.
Blagojevich's choice of a U.S. Senate replacement for President-elect
Barack Obama could impact the heated race to fill another important vacancy: Emanuel's own seat in Congress.
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Emanuel likely to stay out of battle for his House seat
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Blagorahma [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
Fortunately, folks like Ed Morrissey aren’t letting the issue just fade away : Could Blagojevich and his legal team be sending a message to Barack Obama? Take me down, and some of your team will go with me. It sounds like the Chicago way, a strategy that Blagojevich might employ. Who would know the dirt better than Blagojevich? Unfortunately, Obama can’t do much to call off the dogs now even if he wanted to do so, thanks to the very public action taken against Blagojevich ten days ago by Patrick Fitzgerald. For Emanuel and Obama, this once again strongly suggests that the ...
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O! Come On, Emanuel [Dan Collins]
proteinwisdom.com 12/24/2008 — Chicago Sun-Times :
In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Obama’s newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat.
Just ...
Emanuel to resign House seat Friday
swamppolitics.com 12/29/2008 — by James Oliphant
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I've been boring you all by repeatedly pointing to this passage in the complaint against Blago :
This affidavit does not include all calls dealing with the corrupt efforts of ROD BLAGOJEVICH, JOHN HARRIS, and others to misuse the power of ROD ...
Scandal in Illinois: I'm smarter than you! —
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