marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 12/11/2008
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In a press conference today, President-elect Barack Obama said that he's "absolutely certain" that no one in his campaign had anything to do with Gov. Blagojevich's pay-for-play system. He reiterated that he had no contacts with Blagojevich, and said that his staff is compiling of its own ...
article.nationalreview.com - 12/11/2008
verumserum.com - 12/11/2008
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From the Volokh Conspiracy, a timeline of events
that paints a pretty clear picture of what went...
on in the last month: If we didn’t have Obama’s denial to contend with, the actions of all the parties, including those purporting to speak ...
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Blago-Gate Timeline (Update: Photo Added)
directorblue.blogspot.com - 12/11/2008
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Commenter Howdy points us to a Chicago Tribune
article that references additional discussions between Obama and Governor...
Blagojevich regarding his Senate seat. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday cited the potential for bad “karma” and avoided ...
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RED ALERT: Chicago Tribune article referenced ...
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Obama: I’m Confident My Staff Didn’t Play Ball With Blagojevich
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He’s confident, and he maintains that he didn’t meet with Blago about the appointment (despite conflicted reports from reporters), though even now his staff is compiling information about their meetings and communication with Blago and his people.
And then there’s the fact that Obama is still censoring questions about the Blago scandal from the “Open for Questions” section of his website.
So yeah. Obama is “confident.” But I think I’ll wait for some ...
Documents Released Through FOIA Request Indicate Obama Lied About Meeting With Blagojevich
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... : “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening.” Obama has stated on other occasions that he has had “no contacts” with Blago at all, and has disputed ...
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Feds: Obama Wouldn't Play Ball With Blago
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/9/2008 — From Fitzgerald's statement:
In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except ...
Obama Wouldn't Play Ball
talkingpointsmemo.com 12/9/2008 — If you look down on page 8 of the Blagojevich indictment, it seems he wasn't happy with Obama since he wasn't willing to play ball.
In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Obama Wouldn't Play
dailykos.com 12/9/2008 — When the news of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich broke, it took the RNC less than an hour to try and tie him to President-elect Barack Obama, an attempt so pitiful that even the Washington Times wasn't buying it. Apparently the RNC didn't bother to read the Criminal Complaint . ...
Blago-What? Never Heard of Him.
online.wsj.com 12/11/2008 — JAMES TARANTO When the 111th Congress convenes next month, the Democrats may have only 57 senators. It now appears that as a result of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's efforts to sell President-elect Obama's erstwhile seat, Blagojevich may not be able to give ...
7 Blago questions for Obama
politico.com 12/11/2008 — 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.
Obama on Blago Inquiry: 'Do You Have Another Question?'
blogs.abcnews.com 12/16/2008 — ABC NEWS' SUNLEN MILLER REPORTS: At today's Chicago press conference, Obama was pressed by only one reporter out of four about embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The president-elect cut the Chicago reporter off -- claiming that he didn’t want to...
Obama says Illinois governor should resign —
Reuters: Politics 12/11/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Thursday he was appalled by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's efforts to sell his U.S. Senate seat and added that Blagojevich could no longer effectively perform his duties.
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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