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Human Nature Takes Its Revenge
Human Nature Takes Its Revenge
Blagojevich and Rangel are obviously first steps toward Democrats taking over the mantle of corruption from the Republicans. UPDATE: E-mail: Don't forget William Jefferson and Eliot Spitzer! They are part of this vanguard of Democratic corruption, too.
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Blagojevich Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... I think that not only should the President-elect fully endorse Senator Durbin’s call for a special election for the replacement seat; I think that Barack Obama should come back to his home state, mingle with his and Blagojevich’s fellow-Democrats, and heavily associate his name with whatever candidate that the Democratic wing of the Illinois Combine comes up with. It’ll fit in nicely with Blagojevich’s trial on corruption charges. As is Lowrey's: Blagojevich and Rangel are obviously first steps toward Democrats taking over the ...

Blagojevich and Obama: Takes From the Right
The Caucus — ... out that the president-elect has many senior aides and advisors who are deeply embedded in those Chicago elites. Perhaps all of the president-elect’s aides and advisors from Chicago will be completely clean of associations with Blago. But that is is a conclusion no one can reach now or anytime soon.” And, finally, he asks:“And will the new president commit to firing immediately anyone in his Administration implicated in any of the ripples flowing out of the Blagojevich scandals?” Rich Lowry makes a link to another stubborn scandal the Democrats are currently grappling with, ...

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