newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/11/2008
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Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:55 p.m. As if the election of Barack Obama wasn't enough for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to deal with in choosing a successor, the embattled Democratic governor now is faced with setting a special election for the Northwest Side congressional seat of Rahm Emanuel. By law, ...
topics.latimes.com - 12/13/2008
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Obama, Aides Talked to Prosecutors About Blagojevich Contacts
President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides,...
Rep. Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, talked with federal prosecutors last week about... more The Early Word: Obama Ready to Release ...
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Rod R. Blagojevich Latest ...
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Elections 2.0 -- Votes for Senate Seats? Wild.
The Washington Note —
... This isn't a complicated process -- and one that Illinois is already looking at to replace Rahm Emanuel. So why not Illinois; but, more importantly, why not everywhere? ...
Report: Emanuel talked to Blago about a “seat-warmer” for his own House seat
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... to ensure a “seat-warmer” for the position, and neither can I. Illinois law requires a special election to fill House seats if the nearest regularly scheduled election is more than 180 days away. Maybe Rahm and Blagojevich didn’t know that and wrongly assumed the governor could make an interim appointment, which would have given the appointee the advantage of incumbency in the election. Or maybe Rahm was simply asking Blago to campaign on behalf of whichever seat-warmer was handpicked to run for the seat. I, er, kind of doubt it given that Blago’s approval rating at the time ...
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I've been boring you all by repeatedly pointing to this passage in the complaint against Blago :
This affidavit does not include all calls dealing with the corrupt efforts of ROD BLAGOJEVICH, JOHN HARRIS, and others to misuse the power of ROD ...
Rahm Almost Certainly Didn’t Bust Blagojevich
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 12/10/2008 —
from enterstageright
I know I reported the local Chicago Fox reporter's scoop that Rahm may have turned Blago into Fitz.
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Obama Blago report to clear Rahm
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George Stephanopoulos broke some news today when he reported that his former fellow Clinton White House colleague Rahm Emanuel was cleared by an investigation by Greg Craig, the former Clinton White House lawyer, into contacts the ...
Emanuel wanted to keep his seat 'warm'
suntimes.com 12/24/2008 — In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, Obama's newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat.
Why Hasn't Rahm Emanuel Resigned From His Congressional Seat?
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 12/18/2008 — Since Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is smack dab in the middle of the Rod Blagojevich scandal, it got me wondering why he hasn't resigned from his Congressional seat yet? Before we get to that, however, we have news this morning that ...
A Show of Support or a Signal? —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/11/2008
Jonathan Weisman reports on politics.
Was Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sending a message to incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Monday?
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