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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/9/2008
Blagojevich Charged With Selling Obama's Senate Seat, Plotting To Purge Trib
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From a statement from US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald... Blagojevich was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps during the last month conspiring to sell or trade Illinois' U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife. ...
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested By Federal Agents
cbs2chicago.com - 12/9/2008
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested By Federal Agents
— cbs2chicago.com — Details Of Complaint Against Blagojevich CHICAGO (CBS) ― Full release from U.S. Attorney's Office: Illinois Gov. Rod... R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that ... (more) Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested By Federal ...

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post-gazette.com - 12/5/2008
Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney
— post-gazette.com — Despite a new administration coming into power, U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan said she plans to stick... around. "It doesn't serve justice for all the U.S. attorneys to submit their resignations all at one time," she said yesterday. U.S. attorneys ... (more) Buchanan doesn't plan to step down as U.S. attorney

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Obama Senate Seat For Sale? - December 9, 2008
thesmokinggun.com - 12/9/2008
Obama Senate Seat For Sale? - December 9, 2008
— thesmokinggun.com — Feds: Blagojevich saw Obama's vacated job as a "valuable thing" DECEMBER 9--The criminal complaint filed today against... Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich contains a remarkable section detailing the Democratic politician's alleged attempt to cash in on ... (more) Obama Senate Seat For Sale? - December 9, 2008

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TPM Election Central:  Obama And Blagojevich: Obama's Response?

Newshoggers.com:  Impressive stupidity and corruption

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Good riddance
HorsesAss.Org — ... We’ve all learned to be rightly skeptical of Bush Justice Department prosecutions of Democratic officials, but US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald doesn’t exactly have a reputation as a partisan hack, so it’s hard to dismiss this morning’s indictment and arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich as mere politics as usual. ...

Obama And Blagojevich: Obama's Response?
TPM Election Central — ... Okay, here's your Blagojevich thread. As you may have heard by now, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested today on charges he tried to sell or trade Obama's Senate seat. ...

Impressive stupidity and corruption
Newshoggers.com — ... ""Politicians are not smarter than you." has been proven again today by Illinois Governor and indicte/alleged felon shakedown artist Blagovich (D) as he allegedly tried to  shake down the entire Illinois political establishment AND the Obama transition team to auction off open Senate seat.  This is impressive for its arrogance, and incredible stupidity.  Let's just start with the basic fact pattern: ...

As Stimulus Bill Drops, Obey Controls High Expectations -- and Obama
TPM Election Central — ... As Obey explained, this complexity is in part to avoid anxiety over giving huge amounts of cash to state governors to spend as they see fit (read: Rod Blagojevich). The total amount being given to state and local governments, including non-profits receiving grants, is $318 billion. ...

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Blagojevich Selling Obama's Senate Seat?
corner.nationalreview.com 12/9/2008 — The criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich includes the following allegations concerning Blagojevich's actions (and those of Blagojevich's chief of staff John Harris) to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat: By law, after the ...
Blagojevich Selling Obama's Senate Seat? Cont'd
corner.nationalreview.com 12/9/2008 — More from the Blagojevich indictment. Apparently, Blagojevich, relying on media reports, thought the Obama campaign was interested in "Candidate 1" to replace Obama. Blagojevich allegedly had other ideas: On November 3, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH ...
Selling Obama’s Senate Seat
themoderatevoice.com 12/9/2008 — The prosecutor who took out Scooter Libby is flummoxed today by the antics of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in trying to auction off Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. “The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is ...
F*cking Blagojevich Indictment Threatens Nation With Asterisk Shortage
reason.com 12/10/2008 — Dave Weigel blogged the federal indictment of Gov. Rod Blagejovich (D-Ill.) for, among other things, thinking about selling the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama. Given that the moth-to-a-TV-camera prosecutor in the case is Patrick ...
Change... Blagojevich Held 2 Hour Long Conference Call With Obama Advisors On Selling the Senate Seat
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Change You Can Believe In... On November 10, 2008, Governor Rod Blagojevich held a 2-hour long conference call with Obama advisors in Washington DC discussing the sale of the Illinois Senate Seat. This is the same call where Blags famously uses ...
Blagojevich
obsidianwings.blogs.com 12/10/2008 — by hilzoy Since everyone else has already noted the salient points from Rod Blagojevich's Epic Fail -- the appalling idea of selling a Senate seat, the utter boneheadedness, the total lack of conscience -- I'll just take that all as read, and ...
Special Ticket Report: Illinois politics, Rod Blagojevich and Barack Obama
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/10/2008 — Because of the federal arrests today of Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff on charges involving, in effect, selling the nomination to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Ticket is republishing a Special Report ...
Selling low on Obama seat? — The Swamp
By Jim Tankersley and Andrew Zajac It's a quote likely destined for political infamy: A Senate seat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich allegedly said, "is a (expletive) valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing." But if federal prosecutors' allegations are true, Blagojevich was ...
The Selling of Barack Obama - His Senate Seat That Is — FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Dirty and corrupt Chicago politics as the Governor of Illinois is alleged to have committed a quid pro quo of selling off Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder. The criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich includes the following allegations concerning ...
Blagojevich's Hair Incenses Top Stylists — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
There was much to be shocked about in the 78-page indictment of Rod R. Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois who was arrested on Monday and charged with corruption. For one, there were the reported conversations in which he is alleged to have discussed selling off Barack Obama's Senate seat and ...
Top Ten Cloves: Tricky things about attempting to sell a Senate seat — The Reaction
By J. Thomas Duffy News Item: Obama: I Am ‘Appalled And Disappointed’ By Illinois Scandal, Blagojevich Needs To Resign 10. Try to move it quickly ... Just remember Andy Card's warning - "From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce a new Senate Seat in August." 9. Get it ...
Illinois Scandal Taints Obama Halo — Pajamas Media
The investigation into Governor Rod Blagojevich's selling Obama's senate seat could involve the president-elect's closest aides.
WaPo Writer: Caroline Kennedy Appointment as Senator Would Fulfill "Fairy Tale" Dream — NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
With all the attention being focused on the Rod Blagojevich scandal involving the attempted selling of the U.S. senate seat vacancy by the Illinois governor, another senate vacancy seems to have been almost forgotten. That is the New York senate seat to be left vacant by Hillary Clinton who ...
Blagojevich — Political Animal
Blagojevich Since everyone else has already noted the salient points from Rod Blagojevich's Epic Fail -- the appalling idea of selling a Senate seat, the utter boneheadedness, the total lack of conscience -- I'll just take that all as read,...
Name of the Game —
Corruption. Attached to someone too attached to Obama’s senate seat. Pay to play? Looks like the Democrats will pay now. Very subtle. Selling seat to highest bidder. How high was Illinois governor when he thought that up? Best of the Worst comments on Governor Rod Blagojevich ...
The Tale of Blagojevich, and What (If Anything) the Transition Knew (Update: RNC Chair Candidate Demands Records) — Weekly Standard Blog
The complaint on Blagojevich involves but does not implicate members of the Obama transition, most notably Valerie Jarrett, a high-level Obama adviser to whom Blagojevich was interested in selling the Senate seat. Blagojevich was convinced that President-elect Barack Obama wanted senior ...
Re: Blagojevich — Comments from Left Field
Is anybody else having a good laugh over this ? Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, tried selling a Senate seat to the highest bidder — a Senate seat vacated by the President-Elect. What did he think, this wouldn’t be newsworthy? What an idiot. U.S. Attorney Patrick ...
Are you KIDDING ME?? — Clareified
So I’m all groggily taking in the Governor Blagojevich has been ARRESTED story when a gasping Andrea Mitchell interrupts the analyst who is talking about a SITTING GOVERNOR SELLING A VACANT UNITED STATES SENATE seat to say “I’m sorry to interrupt but we have further breaking ...