dailyherald.com - 12/3/2008
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Former Gov. George Ryan has served 13 months of a 61/2-year sentence for of steering lucrative taxpayer business to insiders who gave him and his family cash, gifts and free vacations - systemic corruption in two state offices over several years. At 74 years old, that's enough, said U.S. Sen. ...
chicagotribune.com - 11/30/2008
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Just before Thanksgiving, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) moistened
his finger and, as he has done so many...
times in his career, held the digit aloft to check the prevailing winds. This time, when he figured the winds were just right, Durbin lofted his trial ...
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Dick Durbin misses the point about Ryan -
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008
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Posted by Monique Garcia at 2:15 p.m. Democratic
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today stood behind his decision...
to ask President George W. Bush to commute the federal corruption prison sentence of former Republican Illinois Gov. George Ryan to time served. ...
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Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | ...
firedoglake.com - 12/10/2008
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A few days ago Illinois Senator Dick Durbin
started advocating a pardon for former Illinois GOP Governor...
George Ryan. At the same time, he publicly stated his support for keeping Chicago US Attorney Pat Fitzgerald in office, "if that's what he ...
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Is Dick Durbin’s Support of a Pardon for Ryan Groundwork ...
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Obama Avoiding George Ryan Clemency Controversy
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Obama aides had indicated a statement on the Ryan matter was coming, but wouldn't tip their hand as to the contents.
The issue has been a hot topic since Senator Dick Durbin said last week that he was considering asking President Bush to commute Ryan's six-and-a-half-year racketeering sentence. On Monday, Durbin released the letter he sent to President Bush making his request official.
As Capitol Fax's Rich Miller noted, Durbin said that he would not ask Obama to commute Ryan's sentence if Bush does not. ...
Obama Avoiding George Ryan Clemency Controversy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Obama aides had indicated a statement on the Ryan matter was coming, but wouldn't tip their hand as to the contents.
The issue has been a hot topic since Senator Dick Durbin said last week that he was considering asking President Bush to commute Ryan's six-and-a-half-year racketeering sentence. On Monday, Durbin released the letter he sent to President Bush making his request official.
As Capitol Fax's Rich Miller noted, Durbin said that he would not ask Obama to commute Ryan's sentence if Bush does not. ...
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U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Should Stay: Durbin
huffingtonpost.com 12/5/2008 —
Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald if he wants to stay on as Chicago's U.S. attorney.
Durbin told a news conference that he first wants to sit down with the ...
The Ryan pardon
politico.com 12/9/2008 — Jonathan Martin reports from Chicago:
"Barack Obama is doing his best to steer clear of a sticky local issue that will be one of the most talked-about political topics in Illinois for the next month.
No, not who will take his seat in the ...
George W. Bush: News & Videos about George W. Bush
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Durbin wants special election to replace Obama
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/9/2008 — Durbin is calling for a new election to replace Obama.
(CNN) — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Tuesday he wants a special election called to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat.
At a press conference with reporters on Capitol Hill, ...
Durbin Calls for Special Election
politicalwire.com 12/9/2008 — Political Wire has learned that Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) will ask the Illinois state legislature to pass a law allowing voters to fill President-elect Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Even George Will
washingtonmonthly.com 12/7/2008 — EVEN GEORGE WILL.... We've past the point at which this can reasonably be described as foolish. Now, conservative apoplexy about the non-existent drive to reinstate the "Fairness Doctrine," is just annoying. George Will, who one might expect to know ...
Thanks, George
julescrittenden.com 11/26/2008 — Obama, acknowledging his debt of gratitude to George Bush, will keep Robert Gates on as Secretary of Defense. Politico:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. ...
A Bush on the Ballot in 2010? —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/3/2008
Susan Davis reports on politics.
With Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez retiring in 2010, there is a deep bench of potential candidates in the Sunshine Statethe most prominent being former Gov. Jeb Bush , who is reportedly mulling a ...
Jeb Bush mulling U.S. Senate run, aide says —
Reuters: Politics 12/3/2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the younger brother of President George W. Bush, is considering running in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Mel Martinez, an aide said on Wednesday.
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