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swamppolitics.com - 12/13/2008

Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked

— 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.  ... (more) Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked

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suntimes.com - 12/13/2008

Blago could decide future by Monday

— suntimes.com — Gov. Blagojevich will decide early next week -- perhaps as early as Monday -- whether he should... resign, a source close to the governor told the Chicago Sun-Times. (more) Blago could decide future by Monday

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/14/2008

Pressure builds on Obama to release his Blagojevich contacts

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — In case you're wondering about that list President-elect Obama promised a few days ago to release in... "a few days" detailing all of his office's contacts with accused Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the vacation U.S. Senate seat, the ... (more) Pressure builds on Obama to release his Blagojevich contacts

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Will Obama Get the Clinton/Gore Treatment?
TalkLeft — Jamison Foser writes: To anyone who lived through the media feeding frenzy of the 1990s, during which the nation's leading news organizations spent the better part of a decade destroying their own credibility by relentlessly hyping a series of non-scandals, the past few days, in which the media have tried to shoehorn Barack Obama into the Rod Blagojevich scandal, have been sickeningly familiar. I lived through the feeding frenzy against Hillary Clinton in the Dem primary (that one was cheered in certain Left circles), the frenzy against ...

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