qando.net - 12/12/2008
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I ’m afraid I don’t share Mr. Obama’s confidence that no one on his staff discussed replacements for his senate seat with Gov. Blagojevich. First, it just doesn’t make any sense, politically. That would indeed have been a normal topic or issue that would have been an ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/12/2008
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chicagotribune.com —
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich was trying to pick
Illinois' next U.S. senator, businessmen with ties to both
the governor and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. discussed raising at least $1 million for Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick ...
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Blagojevich fundraiser held by Jackson allies Saturday -
blogs.suntimes.com - 12/12/2008
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blogs.suntimes.com —
By FRAN SPIELMAN AND ABDON PALLASCH Sun-Times Reporters
CHICAGO--President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused
to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama "advisor" named in the criminal ...
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Obama Chief of Staff Emanuel ducks whether he was ...
suntimes.com - 12/12/2008
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Why politicians can’t grasp "It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup"
QandO —
I’m in agreement with McQ about Obama’s connections to Blago. It seems ridiculous that Obama’s staff didn’t talk to Blago about the Senate seat. They had completely above-board reasons to do so, and until the scandal blew up in their faces, no reason not to. So why the evasion? As a commenter on that thread (jjmurphy) says: These people seem to lie and cover-up even when there is absolutely no reason to! I have a theory about that. If politicians engage in such behavior by reflex, there can be only one reason: it works. For minor, gray-area instances of abuse ...
All the President-Elect’s Men
QandO —
Hopefully dovetailing with McQ and Billy below, I think I can explain why Obama has been dissembling regarding the Blagojevich scandal. In addition to the very likely fact that Obama’s office was co-ordinating with the Illinois Governor with respect to the Senate vacancy, the President-Elect’s connection to so-called "Advisor B" may raise some uncomfortable questions. Advisor B promises to become a person of greater interest as this story unfolds, based on the following passage from the government’s affidavit (at pg. 68) [HT: texasdarlin]: On November 12, 2008, ROD ...
Friday O'Blagging
JustOneMinute —
... questions and McQ wonders why : My question, if this is all true, is why dissemble about it? A replacement for the Obama seat is something which any reasonable person would expect the two teams to discuss. If there were discussions, especially in light of the fact that such discussions might have been taped, why would you not admit them and discuss their content? Since the Fitzgerald charges seem to claim Blagojevich was unhappy with only the "appreciation" that the Obama camp was offering, it is pretty reasonable to assume he got that from someone within Obama's organization ...
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Rahm’s 21 Conversations with Blagojevich and Friends?
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 12/16/2008 —
I've been boring you all by repeatedly pointing to this passage in the complaint against Blago :
This affidavit does not include all calls dealing with the corrupt efforts of ROD BLAGOJEVICH, JOHN HARRIS, and others to misuse the power of ROD ...
Rahm Almost Certainly Didn’t Bust Blagojevich
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 12/10/2008 —
from enterstageright
I know I reported the local Chicago Fox reporter's scoop that Rahm may have turned Blago into Fitz.
CONATY: We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may ...
Obama Busted on His 'No Contact' Statement? Oh, I Think So
newsbusters.org 12/11/2008 — Yes indeed (HT to an e-mailer, who tells me that "this is (in) the newspaper from Quincy, IL"; bold is mine):
By Alexis Hunt Saturday, November 08, 2008 at 9:48 p.m.
Duckworth comments on consideration for Senate
QUINCY, IL -- Now ...
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 ...
Blagojevich to Make Statement
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/19/2008 — The Illinois governor is expected to speak from Chicago today at 3 p.m. Eastern.
Rahm Talked with Blagojevich, but About What?
firedoglake.com 12/12/2008 —
President Elect Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel had “multiple conversations” with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich about filling Obama’s vacant Senate seat, Chicago’s Fox affiliate reports, citing an unnamed source. Emmanuel ...
Rod Blagojevich Arrested: The Damage He Could Do
huffingtonpost.com 12/9/2008 — The arrest this morning of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has sparked intense discussion in the political universe over how great a taint his ethical follies will have both on the next Illinois Senator and Barack Obama.
The governor, accused of ...
Scandal in Illinois: Obama's do-over —
First Read 12/12/2008
At the same press conference where Obama officially named Tom Daschle his choice for head of Health and Human Services, he also gave a firmer response to the Blagojevich news, putting more distance between himself and his home-state ...
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