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Blagojevich Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... here. Should these deals indeed be treated as criminal bribery? Have they generally been so treated?...the government's theory, I take it, would apparently treat such a deal as a federal crime — assuming the federal jurisdictional requirements are met — even if it were a standalone deal by an otherwise uncorrupt official. So that, I think, makes it worth considering how the law should treat these sorts of deals involving political appointments. Kevin Drum sums up the blogospheres reaction as a whole: Thanks partly to this being a slow news ...
What Kind of Moron Is This GuY?
ArchPundit —
Kevin Drum:
BLAGO UPDATE….Thanks partly to this being a slow news day and partly to the sheer juiciness of the whole thing, the blogosphere is ablaze with chatter about the arrest of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges. Main theme: the guy has been under investigation for three years by the same prosecutor who convicted both Scooter Libby and the previous governor of Illinois, but he was merrily blathering away to friends anyway about selling off Barack Obama’s senate seat to the highest bidder? What kind of ...
Blagojevich Circus Lights Up the Web
techPresident —
... Naturally, there were two distinct reactions on the political blogs - call it "stupid" vs. "sinister" - presaging a neat switch from inside defenders to outside attackers (and vice versa) depending on which party you support. There's a new blogger fault line out there, and we may as well get used to it. The reaction of the lefty blogs is best summarized by Kevin Drum's main theme: ...
Blagojevich Puzzler: What Kind of Brazen Imbecile Doesn’t Take a Patrick Fitzgerald Targeting Seriously?
Firedoglake —
... that has already felled a number of his political, business and patronage associates and a former governor. . . and then keeps trying to extort, scheme, and smarm his way through life?
On his phones. In his public offices.
With people who are also implicated in the aforesaid public corruption criminal investigation.
The only thing missing is a sheaf of e-mails in which Blagojevich details step by step how he plans to steal from widows and orphans.
Can you say moron? I know I sure as hell can. (And right now, they have more on him than anyone ...
12/10: The Blagojevich Fallout
Blogometer —
... . They don't expect this effort to succeed, however, because (a.) Obama is "so obviously uninvolved" in Blagojevich's alleged wrongdoing, and (b.) ...
