digbysblog.blogspot.com - 1/1/2009
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Control The Team by digby Jane Hamsher sez : The Illinois legislature had their chance to strip Blago of his appointment power and call a special election, but the Democrats got cute and decided they didn't want to risk losing the seat (Reid sent a letter opposing a ...
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
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suntimes.com —
Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr.
to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich...
was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ...
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Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement ...
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
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suntimes.com —
NO CIRCUS? | Says he'll try to avoid
a scene when he shows up to claim seat...
WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris, being Roland Burris, put it to me this way Friday when we talked: "We are the senator." And we, that is he, the former Illinois attorney general, ...
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Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/4/2009
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A quick update on the Democrats' molten stew
that is the scandal surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
and his controversial appointment of Roland Burris as the state's new senator to fill the vacant seat of president-elect Barack Obama . ...
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Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama ...
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Misunderstanding The Blago Farce
TalkLeft —
Digby and Jane Hamsher misunderstand the Blago Farce. Digby cites Jack and Jill blog writing: Harry Reid, as well as the President-Elect, needs to explain why Traitor Joe Lieberman was allowed to keep his Senate seat . . . This is the level of thinking involved in these posts. Digby argues that Burris has a better claim to a Senate seat than Lieberman. A few facts get in the way of this silliness. Joe Lieberman won an election. Rod Blagojevich is about to be impeached and likely go to jail - for trying to sell a Senate seat, among other things. ...
New Year's Hoglets
Newshoggers.com —
... it's really a new year yet. I don't think it will feel new to me until after the 20th when our long national nightmare ends. It's also been kind of funny day. I got more phone calls in the last 24 hours than I have in the last 24 months so I'm late in posting, but let's have a look at what's shaking in the world. Capt Fogg checks a year end roundup of various business blunders that lead up to the current meltdown and answers the question, who's the dumbest of us all?
Digby looks at the latest in the ongoing Blagojevich debacle through the lens of the newly ...
The Politics Of Blago/Burris
TalkLeft —
Responding to my post criticizing her previous post, Digby argues that the politics of not seating Roland Burris, Blago's pick to fill the Illinois Senate seat, is horrible (I'll stick to the politics in this post, having written enough words on the legal issues). I disagree. Ian Welsh gets it right imo: Here's the fact: Blagojevich was caught, on tape, trying to sell the seat. He is corrupt. He is tainted. It may be true, on the strict letter of the law, that Blagojevich is still entitled legally to appoint a Senator (since the ...
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