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suntimes.com - 1/8/2009

Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych evaluation :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

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Arya's memo says Blagojevich is good dad, great guy but ineffective, emotionally unstable chief executive SPRINGFIELD — When former Chicago television broadcaster Bob Arya joined Gov. Blagojevich's staff as a senior advisor in November 2006, the governor described him as “a real asset to my ...

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suntimes.com - 1/13/2009

Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline

— suntimes.com — Barack Obama jogged only slightly ahead of Rod Blagojevich across the news landscape of the past month,... the glistening horizon of a new Camelot ahead, perhaps, but the jagged outline of the clouted city not far behind. Obama and Blago are more than ... (more) Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/14/2009

Senate takes oath as Blagojevich impeachment jurors | Clout Street - local political coverage

— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Tribune staff at 11:45 a.m.; last updated at 3:35 p.m. Rodblagojevich5 SPRINGFIELD---The Illinois Senate took... an oath today to be sworn in as jurors in the historic impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, hours after he made his first ... (more) Senate takes oath as Blagojevich impeachment jurors | ...

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salon.com - 1/7/2009

AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings

— salon.com — Jan 6th, 2009 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a... top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president -- just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming ... (more) AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings

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And It Starts to Pour Out
ArchPundit — Now that Rod is obviously a non-entity in Illinois politics, expect more of these kind of stories: But when Arya’s run with Blagojevich came to an end, he had a story to tell — one of intense jealousies by the governor toward President-elect Barack Obama, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) and others, a terrorized staff, and emotional instabilities that Arya said demonstrate the need for a psychological evaluation by the legislative panel weighing the governor’s impeachment. It’s an amusing story only to the point you can block out ...

Blagojevich’s Dog-and-Pony Presser
Firedoglake — ... My take, Blago is on drugs, and damn good ones too. Jeebus, he was even quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson at one point. If not drugs, he is completely loopy. One of his former aides thinks that is the case. Josh Marshall ...

Carol Felsenthal: Blago on One of His Favorite Presidents: Richard Nixon
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... When a former Blago aide suggested to the impeachment committee that they might want to order a psychological evaluation of the governor, I thought of Nixon, who, in his final days in the White House, seemed mentally out of whack. At the White House, Nixon would get dressed in his suit and tie, drink too much and talk to the portraits on the wall; Blagojevich, at home, dresses up in his jogging ensemble and heads out for his usual morning run, while in Springfield he's making history as the first governor in Illinois history to be impeached. ...