blogs.suntimes.com - 1/2/2009
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WASHINGTON -- If you did not know the back story, you would not fully appreciate Rep. Rahm Emanuel's resignation letter to Gov. Blagojevich, who is the subject of impeachment proceedings in the Illinois House, for, among other reasons, trying to auction off President-elect Barack Obama's Senate ...
swamppolitics.com - 12/29/2008
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by James Oliphant Rep. Rahm Emanuel will resign
his House seat Friday. Emanuel, set to serve as
chief of staff to President-elect Barack Obama, sent a letter to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Monday indicating that he planned to step down at ...
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Emanuel to resign House seat Friday
suntimes.com - 1/6/2009
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suntimes.com —
Ald. Tom Allen (38th) said Monday he would
not be a candidate in the March 3 special
primary election to succeed former U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, opening the door for City Council colleague Pat O'Connor (40th) to nail down the Democratic Party's pivotal ...
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Ald. O'Connor now the favorite to get backing for ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 12/29/2008
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blogs.suntimes.com —
WASHINGTON--Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), incoming chief of staff
for President-elect Barack Obama, will resign his seat on
Jan. 2, days before the start of the new Congress. The race to replace him is attracting a large field of contenders, with...
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Rahm Emanuel to resign from House Jan. 2 to join Obama ...
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Rahm Emanuel Resigns
DownWithTyranny! —
... I doubt Emanuel made a deal with Obama guaranteeing him a pardon for whatever crimes he commits before he took the chief of staff job. I have a feeling, though, that it was understood. Emanuel resigns from Congress today, and that body will be infinitely better off without him. As I never tire of pointing out, he is the Democratic doppelganger of one of the most reviled creatures in contemporary American politics, corrupt GOP party boss Tom DeLay. Like DeLay, Emanuel has been the bridge between Big Business with its K Street and systemic culture of bribery, and his political ...
Isn't That Special?
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... More than a dozen candidates have shown interest in the seat, but the Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet named state Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D), Cook Co. Commis. Mike Quigley (D) and ex-TSA official Justin Oberman (D) as frontrunners in an 12/30 column. ...
IL-05: Special Election Dates Set
Swing State Project —
... The Chicago Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet recently named Quigley, Feigenholtz, and ex-TSA official Justin Oberman as the frontrunners for the job, but we'll see how this shakes out. At at PVI of D+18, surely this district can afford to send a strong progressive to the House. ...
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