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blogs.suntimes.com - 12/31/2008
Blagojevich offered Obama senate seat to Danny Davis before tapping Burris - Lynn Sweet
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down. We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night, hours after a defiant Gov. Blagojevich, facing impeachment for, ...
Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
usatoday.com - 1/6/2009
Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat
— usatoday.com — In a spectacle that spilled onto the Capitol steps, Burris was turned away from the Senate Tuesday... as the 111th Congress was gaveled into session. His lawyer, Timothy Wright III, said the Illinois politician was considering more negotiations or a ... (more) Poll: Half say Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat

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Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama replacement pick
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/4/2009
Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama replacement pick
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — A quick update on the Democrats' molten stew that is the scandal surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich... and his controversial appointment of Roland Burris as the state's new senator to fill the vacant seat of president-elect Barack Obama .  ... (more) Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama ...

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Secretary of the Senate rejects Burris' appointment :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics
suntimes.com - 1/5/2009
Secretary of the Senate rejects Burris' appointment :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics
— suntimes.com — Judge also grants prosecutors 90-day extension to indict Blagojevich, former chief of staff Firing the first shot... in Washington in the fight over the appointment of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, Gov. Blagojevich's acting chief of staff ... (more) Secretary of the Senate rejects Burris' appointment :: ...

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ArchPundit:  Why Is the Governor’s Criminal Defense Lawyer Making Political Overtures?

d r i f t g l a s s:  Sunday Morning Comin’ Down

Firedoglake:  The Method to Blagojevich’s Sam Adam’s Madness

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Why Is the Governor’s Criminal Defense Lawyer Making Political Overtures?
ArchPundit — Sam Adam was the one to approach Davis and Burris. This is bizarre and opens up all sorts of questions about what exactly is going on in the Governor’s office.  Most I’ve heard from on this see it as setting up some sort of defense for a trial later. The possibility I keep coming back to is that in Blagojevich’s ‘mind’ he thinks the feds probably cannot track the lawyer’s calls and so they aren’t likely to become public. As with most things, we don’t know what Rod is ‘thinking’ but he does give us a ...

Sunday Morning Comin’ Down
d r i f t g l a s s — ... Congressman Danny “Luke, I am…your Congressman!” Davis rolls by to talk a little politics and burnish his “I’m the guy who turned that crazy summbitch down” reputation. ...

The Method to Blagojevich’s Sam Adam’s Madness
Firedoglake — ... Isn't that all neat and tidy? What I find particularly interesting is how it matches up with what we know of the offer Blago made to Danny Davis before he made an offer to Burris. ...

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