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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009

Blago’s Tactics

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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 appointed without any quid pro quo (highly ...

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suntimes.com - 1/3/2009

Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

— suntimes.com — Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich... was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ... (more) Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement  ...

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suntimes.com - 1/13/2009

Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline

— 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 ... (more) Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/14/2009

Senate takes oath as Blagojevich impeachment jurors | Clout Street - local political coverage

— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Tribune staff at 11:45 a.m.; last updated at 3:35 p.m. Rodblagojevich5 SPRINGFIELD---The Illinois Senate took... an oath today to be sworn in as jurors in the historic impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, hours after he made his first ... (more) Senate takes oath as Blagojevich impeachment jurors | ...

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Seating Burris
Lawyers, Guns and Money — ... question about the legality of Burris's appointment per se -- Blagojevich is still the governor of Illinois, and there does not seem to be a scintilla of evidence that he solicited or received a bribe to appoint Burris. Claims that the appointment were improper, then, have to rely on the much weaker tea of a "tainted process." I wouldn't be very convinced by this unless some evidence emerges that the impropriety extends to Burris, and moreover I agree with Ygelsias that on the narrow issue of Senate appointments the indictment of ...