politicalwire.com - 12/13/2008
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President-elect Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, "refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the 'Obama advisor' named in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich," the Chicago Sun Times reports. Blagojevch "was caught on tape saying that he wanted ...
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chicagotribune.com - 12/13/2008
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chicagotribune.com —
By Bob Secter Rahm Emanuel , President-elect Barack
Obama 's pick to be White House chief of
staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. The ...
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Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who ...
swamppolitics.com - 12/13/2008
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swamppolitics.com —
by Bob Secter Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's
pick to be White House chief of staff, had
conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. ...
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Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked
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Bonus Quote of the Day “I’m getting regular death threats. You’ve put my home address on national television. I’m pissed at the networks. You’ve intruded too much.” – White House chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel, quoted by ABC News , to reporters at his house wanting to ask him about his contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. [image] [image] This entry was posted on Saturday, December 13th, 2008 at 5:37 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can ...
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