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Blagojevich: 'I will continue to fight everyday' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
Hours after he was impeached by the Illinois House, Gov. Blagojevich vowed at a news conference this afternoon: "I will fight every step of the way." "I'm confident that at the end of the day, I will be properly exonerated," he said. "In the meantime, I have a job to do for the people." ...
AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
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 ... (more) AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
Feds play candid camera with Gov. Blagojevich
Feds play candid camera with Gov. Blagojevich
suntimes.com — Sun-Times exclusive: Federal authorities used a video camera as part of their cache of tools to investigate... Gov. Blagojevich in the final weeks of 2008 before his arrest, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The camera, which likely was ... (more) Feds play candid camera with Gov. Blagojevich
 Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych evaluation  :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych evaluation :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
suntimes.com — Arya's memo says Blagojevich is good dad, great guy but ineffective, emotionally unstable chief executive SPRINGFIELD —... When former Chicago television broadcaster Bob Arya joined Gov. Blagojevich's staff as a senior advisor in November 2006, the ... (more) Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych ...
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Tenny thuggin’
Balloon JuiceThis is a slap in the face to Rudyard Kipling or maybe Rudyard’s just been thrown under the bus: He (Blagojevich) ended the news conference by quoting a poem from “Ulysses” by Lord Alfred Tennyson, ending with: “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 and accused of scheming to sell off Illinois’ vacant Senate seat.

Blago impeached by Ill. House - PLUS: Is Burris in the hot seat?
Sister Toldjah — ... panel that recommended Blagojevich’s impeachment a day earlier. Next week, when the Senate convenes, it will begin the process of setting up a trial of the governor in which each of the 59 state senators act as judge and jurors. A total of 40 senators are needed to convict Blagojevich which would remove the governor from office and make Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn the state’s new chief executive. A trial is expected to take at least three weeks. Blago’s response to the House’s actions? ...

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