washingtonmonthly.com - 12/16/2008
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DEFINE 'INVOLVED'.... A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows Barack Obama's national support unaffected by the Blagojevich scandal, which obviously makes sense given that Obama is not implicated in the Blagojevich scandal. But a new Rasmussen poll offers an odd...
blogs.wsj.com - 12/15/2008
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Cam Simpson reports on the Rod Blagojevich case
in Chicago. Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick
Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That ...
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The Real Story Behind the Rushed Blagojevich Bust: How ...
rasmussenreports.com - 12/15/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say
it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his
top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. Just 11% say it is not at all ...
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45% Suspect Obama Team Involved in Blagojevich Scandal
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
One new this was coming, but since I’d
been out of town all last week I hadn’t
been following the cable “news” channels where they’re “covering” the Blagojevich scandal with all the “ethics” and ...
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The New Rules
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POLLS SHOW PUBLIC GROWING VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT OBAMA'S HONESTY: IF IT'S TIME FOR BLAGO TO GO, THEN IS IT TIME FOR OBAMA TO RESIGN?
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... Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Numbers, Matthew Yglesias, Real Clear Politics and TPM Election Central ...
Inverted Priorities and Blagojevich Coverage
Comments from Left Field —
... to trade off his power to appoint Obama’s successor to the U.S. Senate, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
More than three-quarters of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling the presidential transition, up significantly from three weeks ago, and a slim majority in the new poll said the president-elect has already done enough to explain any connections his staff may have had with Blagojevich.
But, as Steve Benen notes, a new Rasmussen poll does seem to indicate ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/16/2008 — We now have our first public polling on the impact that the Blago mess has had on Obama's numbers, and the results are mixed.
A new Rasmussen poll shows that the public is split pretty evenly on whether they think Barack Obama or any of his top ...
John King: Obama needs to prove a negative
dailykos.com 12/16/2008 — Oh brother ... KING: Much like the star report in the impeachment saga Dana just mentioned. In this criminal complaint there are some non-family friendly language that we won't repeat on a Sunday morning, but that is Barack Obama's best defense at ...
And we’re supposed to have confidence in this?
sistertoldjah.com 12/16/2008 — The LA Times reports this morning that Team Obama is asserting that the “internal review” they did on themselves regarding the Blago scandal proves that they did nothing wrong:
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First Read 12/15/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama told reporters today that an internal review into communications members of his staff may have had with the office of beleaguered Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has shown nothing ...
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