reuters.com - 12/16/2008
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois lawmakers on Monday approved an inquiry into whether Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be impeached in the wake of charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. The Illinois House of Representatives voted 113-0 to form a committee ...
rasmussenreports.com - 12/15/2008
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rasmussenreports.com —
Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say
it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his...
top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. Just 11% say it is not at all ...
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45% Suspect Obama Team Involved in Blagojevich Scandal
bloomberg.com - 12/16/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in the Illinois
House of Representatives postponed stripping Governor Rod Blagojevich’s power...
to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama that prosecutors say Blagojevich tried to sell. The ...
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Illinois Democrats Let Blagojevich Keep Naming Power ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/15/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
One new this was coming, but since I’d
been out of town all last week I hadn’t...
been following the cable “news” channels where they’re “covering” the Blagojevich scandal with all the “ethics” and ...
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Illinois house OKs impeachment inquiry on governor
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in the hands of a special committee. If it determines that impeachment is warranted, the House would vote on whether to impeach, to be followed by a trial in the state senate. If convicted at trial the governor could be forced from office. Both Obama and Blagojevich are Democrats. How Obama's U.S. Senate replacement will be picked remained in limbo. It would usually be the governor's sole choice but the controversy has led to calls for a special election to fill the seat. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4BA6...
Obama Says Review Shows Nothing Inappropriate In Scandal As GOP Presses Issue
The Moderate Voice —
... As the Illinois house OK’s an impeachment inquiry into charges that Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the remainder of President Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat term, Obama’s team said a review shows there was nothing improper in contacts its staffers may have had with the four-letter-word-loving Illinois Governor. ...
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Evidence in abundance of AP's new "style" of news coverage.
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dailykos.com 12/10/2008 — A few questions about which you may be wondering: 1. With what was Gov. Blagojevich charged? The indictment (PDF) has two counts: conspiracy to defraud the State of Illinois and the people of the State of Illinois of the honest services to ...
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powerlineblog.com 12/11/2008 — Reflecting on the question "Is Blago nuts?," -- retired clinical psychologist Judith Lown writes:
I read your column with particular interest this morning because it echoed a conversation I had with a friend last night. My reaction then, as to ...
Obama: Blago woes 'had nothing to do with my office' —
First Read 12/15/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama told reporters today that an internal review into communications members of his staff may have had with the office of beleaguered Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has shown nothing ...
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