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Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/23/2008
Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety
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The Barack Obama presidential transition office today finally released its own report on its own internal investigation of its own contacts with legally challenged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich . And you'll be comforted to know the Obama folks found no impropriety whatsoever by Obama folks. ...
suntimes.com - 12/24/2008
Emanuel wanted to keep his seat 'warm'
— suntimes.com — In addition to talking with Gov. Blagojevich about who would fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, Obama's... newly minted chief of staff had something else on his mind: his own congressional seat. (more) Emanuel wanted to keep his seat 'warm'

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/23/2008
Emanuel Heads To Africa As Blagojevich Report Drops
— huffingtonpost.com — With the Obama transition team set to release an internal report regarding the extent of its interactions... with embattled governor Rod Blagojevich, one of the key figures in the mix is heading out of the country. Incoming White House chief of staff ... (more) Emanuel Heads To Africa As Blagojevich Report Drops

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Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008
thesmokinggun.com - 12/24/2008
Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008
— thesmokinggun.com — President-elect, two aides quizzed last week by federal prosecutors DECEMBER 23--President-elect Barack Obama and two of his... top advisers were interviewed last week by federal prosecutors probing Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged bid to ... (more) Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008

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Headline of the Day
Little Green Footballs — ... Our headline of the day: Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety. ...

Parsing a Farce
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — ... with the Governor. All of this, however, is merely parsing the details of a farce. I'm not suggesting there was any illegality or corruption on the part of Obama or his team, but rather ridiculing the idea that this was some sort of serious, credible review. A President-elect having his own incoming White House Counsel conduct an internal review that exonerates the President-elect and his staff is not what most people would consider to be a legitimate, independent investigation. As Andrew Malcolm of the LA Times writes: The ...

Is There Nothing That Obama Can't Do?
small dead animals — December 24, 2008 Is There Nothing That Obama Can't Do? Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety Posted by Kate at December 24, 2008 1:20 PM Comments Post a comment Before submitting, review the post to ensure your comment is on topic and does not contain words that might get caught in the spam filter (eg: insurance, viagra, online, poker). This is not a forum or a repository for off-topic link dumps. Profanity is discouraged. Take your extended debates and/or flamewars to private email. Thankyou. Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Yes No ...

Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety
The New Editor — Andrew Malcolm, at the Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket blog: The Barack Obama presidential transition office today finally released its own report on its own internal investigation of its own contacts with legally challenged Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And you'll be comforted to know the Obama folks found no impropriety whatsoever by Obama folks.

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