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The Fingerprints of “Rahmbo”
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Of course, “Rahmbo’s” fingerprints are all over this.
President-elect Barack Obama is a product of Chicago politics, and despite being elevated to the highest political post in the nation, he cannot seem to crawl completely out of that particular gutter. His carefully selected chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has been operating under the Chicago rules even as he helps Obama plan to bring Chicago’s politics to Washington.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports this AM:
Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following ...
More RahmBlagogate news
Sister Toldjah —
The drama and intrigue continues (via JWF):
CHICAGO–President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. Blagojevich, who is is accused of trying to auction it to the highest bidder.
Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following the Nov. 4 election and pressed early on for the ...
I'm Not Seeing A Problem For Rahm
Riehl World View —
... over this Sun Time's item under Lynn Sweet's banner. But I can't see anything in it that tells me that Rahm Emanuel has real a problem. There may be some confusion here over "spoke directly," granted. To begin with, this has already been reported. I posted on it, ...
Thursday O'Blagging
JustOneMinute —
Trade Deficits And Speculative Bubbles | Main December 18, 2008 Thursday O'Blagging Folks following the Blagojevich scndal will be stunned to learn that as of 1:00 on Thursday afternoon Memeorandum has only one Blago-related story . Credit to Rick Warren, natch. Posted by Tom Maguire on December 18, 2008 | Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/4989/37239780 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Thursday O'Blagging : Comments Post a comment Name: Email Address: (Not ...
The Emanuel-Blago Connection
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
It would really be interesting to listen to what is on these tapes, now wouldn’t it?
President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. Blagojevich, who is is accused of trying to auction it to the highest bidder.
Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following the Nov. 4 election and pressed early on for the appointment of Valerie Jarrett ...
The Emanuel-Blago Connection
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
It would really be interesting to listen to what is on these tapes, now wouldn't it ? President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. Blagojevich, who is is accused of trying to auction it to the highest bidder. Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following the Nov. 4 election and pressed early on for the appointment of Valerie Jarrett to the post, sources with ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: "Best Idea Ever!"
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... the biggest donors to the Clinton Foundation. It turns out that Blago is a piker. If you're out there selling influence, don't look for a couple low-paying jobs for you and your wife and some low six-figure donations. If you're out there looking to peddle influence, you gotta go get tens of millions of dollars from international players, and then after you do that, you get yourself named secretary of state so that the back scratching can continue." Not the Blago I thought I knew : Emanuel's deep involvement with Blago (Chicago Sun-Times): "A source with the Obama camp ...
