riehlworldview.com - 12/18/2008
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Many of my friends on the Right are worked up over this Sun Time's item under Lynn Sweet's banner . But I can't see anything in it that tells me that Rahm Emanuel has real a problem. There may be some confusion here over "spoke directly," granted. To begin with, this has already been reported. ...
suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm
Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a
U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. ...
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Emanuel talked directly to gov: source
suntimes.com - 12/17/2008
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From Blagobusted.com: President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of
staff, Rahm Emanuel, was pushing for Obama's successor just
days after the Nov. 4 election, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Emanuel sought Senate seat for Jarrett: sources
blogs.suntimes.com - 12/18/2008
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My Sun-Times colleagues Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman
in a story in the Thusday paper report Rahm
Emanuel's involvement in pushing Gov. Blagojevich to appoint Valerie Jarrett to replace President elect Barack Obama was deeper than previously ...
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Emanuel's deeper involvement in pressing for Jarrett ...
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... opines. And while speculation runs wild over whether Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel discussed Obama's Senate seat with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), conservatives say Emanuel isn't likely to be in any trouble. Emanuel may have simply told Blagojevich who Obama preferred as an appointment–which isn't a crime– Dan Riehl speculates at Riehl World View. Emanuel is basically exonerated from wrongdoing by the criminal complaint against Blagojevich, which reports that Obama's team wasn't willing to offer him anything, ...
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