hotair.com - 12/11/2008
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He never spoke to Blagojevich personally, he insists, and is “absolutely certain” there was no dealmaking by anyone on his team, which is quite an assertion when the facts haven’t been gathered yet. [...] Read the rest »
politico.com - 12/11/2008
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politico.com —
The stinging criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris raises...
lots of questions for President-elect Barack Obama.
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7 Blago questions for Obama
politico.com - 12/9/2008
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politico.com —
The transition hasn't yet responded to questions about
Rod Blagojevich's indictment, but the key question is whether...
the transition was talking to prosecutors, whether Obama and Valerie Jarrett knew that Blagojevich had offered her the Senate seat in ...
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What the transition knew
motherjones.com - 12/9/2008
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motherjones.com —
BLAGO UPDATE.... Thanks partly to this being a
slow news day and partly to the sheer juiciness...
of the whole thing, the blogosphere is ablaze with chatter about the arrest of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges. Main theme: the guy ...
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Blago Update
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Barack Obama on BlagoGate:”Absolutely Certain” No Deal Making From Transition Team - But, Who Tipped Off Valerie Jarrett
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Allah does a good job here about documenting what “The One” said today about BlagoGate.
He never spoke to Blagojevich personally, he insists, and is “absolutely certain” there was no dealmaking by anyone on his team, which is quite an assertion when the facts haven’t been gathered yet.
The presser was called ostensibly to talk about the economy and introduce Daschle, his new health-care quarterback, but the number of questions about the scandal shows that the media’s got Blago on the brain. Skip ahead to 1:45 for his initial statement ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
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... thinks the statement will come back to bite him, claiming it will "inevitably" be revealed that Obama or someone on his behalf contacted Blagojevich to weigh in on the appointment process. The other part of Obama's statement–that he's confident no one representing him would have engaged in any deal-making–strikes Hot Air's Allahpundit as a big claim, given that facts have yet to be gathered from Obama's team. And Sen. Jim Demint (R-S.C.) earns jeers for his assertion yesterday that there will be "riots" if the government continues to bail out various sectors of the failing ...
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What McCain Knew, When He Knew It
swampland.blogs.time.com 12/12/2008 — David Letterman asked John McCain about his Blagojevich contacts last night. McCain seemed amused .
DL: Now after a campaign like this -- and it consumed two years, probably more, really -- what do you do? What has your life been like since? I ...
Poll: Nearly Half Think Obama Team Was Involved In Blago Scandal
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/16/2008 — We now have our first public polling on the impact that the Blago mess has had on Obama's numbers, and the results are mixed.
A new Rasmussen poll shows that the public is split pretty evenly on whether they think Barack Obama or any of his top ...
Obama: I've Asked My Team To Review Blago Mess
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/11/2008 — At his presser today, Barack Obama said he'd directed his advisers to assemble all the information about any contacts his team might have had with Governor Blagojevich about his Senate seat, and reiterated that he'd not had any direct contact with ...
"7 Blago questions for Obama."
althouse.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — From Politico: 1 – “Did you communicate directly or indirectly with Blagojevich about picking your replacement in the U.S. Senate?”.... 2 – “Why didn’t you or someone on your team correct your close adviser David Axelrod when he said you had spoken ...
Emanuel’s List For Blago
commentarymagazine.com 12/14/2008 — The Chicago Tribune has these rather eye-opening details on Blago-gate:
Obama said Thursday he had never spoken to Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy and was “confident that no representatives” of his had engaged in any dealmaking over ...
No discussions between Blago and Obama? Maybe
hotair.com 12/10/2008 — Yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama tried to distance himself from Governor Rod Blagojevich after his arrest on corruption charges related to his pending appointment to Obama’s now-vacant Senate seat. Obama himself said that he had had no ...
'Friends of Blago' Goes Live, Seeks to Bring 'Change' to Illinois
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 12/14/2008 — You knew this was coming before long. And now it's live.The Illinois Republican Party launched a new Web site that it says will link 12 different state Democrats to scandal-ridden Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The site, Friendsofblago.com, is the ...
Obama says Blago violated public trust —
First Read 12/11/2008
From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- The strong condemnation of Illinois' governor that many observers were waiting to hear from President-elect Obama came today, when he spent nearly half of his eighth press conference since the election ...
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