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Your morning Blagojevich
Ben Smith's Blog —
... on Obama's internal review, lead by Bob Bauer, and the Sun-Times report that Emanuel isn't commenting on whether he's the Obama advisor mentioned in the complaint as someone Blagojevich's team might approach. ...
Break Out the Popcorn: Rendell Hammers Obama, Emanuel Runs for Cover
JammieWearingFool —
... complaint exonerates Obama and his staff because it quotes Blagojevich as saying the president-elect would offer him nothing but appreciation for appointing Obama confidant Valerie Jarrett to the position, Rendell said. “Blagojevich curses them out,” Rendell said. “It is easy [for Obama to] just say, ‘Hey folks here it is, of course we had contact.' "But they made the mistake of making it a four or five or six day story.” Meanwhile, the heat is now squarely on Emanuel, who's ducking reporters and scurrying for cover . Emanuel loves the media when it portrays him as a tough ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
LAT gets critical: "It took three tries in as many days for President-elect Barack Obama to roll out a strategy for defusing the crisis over Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich's alleged attempt to put his old Senate seat up for sale."
The uncharacteristic silence of Rahm Emanuel.
Volokh: Parts of Blago's behavior are sleazy, but probably not illegal.
Romney for car czar?
Worst waste of the year.
McCain campaign liquidation sale sells info-loaded Blackberry to investigative reporter. ...
Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The problem, it seems, is that the lack of information from Team Obama is being interpreted as something nefarious -- in the process, giving the story life it probably doesn't deserve. Rahm Emanuel, for example, is tracked down by reporters while going to see his children's concert, simply to be asked if he were the emissary to the Blagojevich's office. (Even if he was, the complaint says he refused to play ball). Meanwhile, ...
Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The problem, it seems, is that the lack of information from Team Obama is being interpreted as something nefarious -- in the process, giving the story life it probably doesn't deserve. Rahm Emanuel, for example, is tracked down by reporters while going to see his children's concert, simply to be asked if he were the emissary to the Blagojevich's office. (Even if he was, the complaint says he refused to play ball). Meanwhile, ...
Rendell: Obama Team Made Mistake in Blago Response
News —
... Rendell also said that it's likely Obama's chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), has had contact with the Blagojevich. Rendell said that he talks to his senators five or six times each month. "We have to. It's inherent in the job," Rendell said. "Did Rahm Emanuel, who took Rob Blagojevich's seat in Congress have contact with Rod Blagojevich? Of course, he did. "They may have thought he was the craziest SOB in the world, but you still have to have contact with him." Emanuel has not answered questions over whether he was the unnamed Washington adviser in the criminal ...
Rahm Emanuel Getting Death Threats
Politics Daily —
... There's a chance that Emanuel was just saying he got threats to rattle the media, but either way, the battle shaping up between Rahm and the media is sure to make this an interesting 8 years. He let a Chicago Sun-Times reporter have it earlier in the day: ...
