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nytimes.com - 12/11/2008

Officials Say Jackson Was ‘Candidate 5’ in Case

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Federal authorities said that Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was the potential Senate candidate mentioned in court papers related to the Blagojevich case. >

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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 12/9/2008

Corzine: Lisa Jackson ‘Has Done A Remarkable Job’ In A ‘Constrained World’

— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Lisa Jackson, President-elect Barack Obama’s co-chair of his energy and natural resources transition team , has emerged... as the top candidate to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson, a 46-year-old African American engineer, left her job as administrator of the ... (more) Corzine: Lisa Jackson ‘Has Done A Remarkable Job’ In A ...

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powerlineblog.com - 12/11/2008

Is Blago nuts? The experts speak

— powerlineblog.com — Reflecting on the question "Is Blago nuts?," -- retired clinical psychologist Judith Lown writes: I read your... column with particular interest this morning because it echoed a conversation I had with a friend last night. My reaction then, as to ... (more) Is Blago nuts? The experts speak

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hotair.com - 12/10/2008

Jesse Jackson Jr: “I am not — I am not — a target of this investigation”

— hotair.com — That’s the word from the U.S. [...] Read the rest »... (more) Jesse Jackson Jr: “I am not — I am not — a target of ...

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The Early Word: Obama Meets the Press
The Caucus — ... And Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr. emerged as “Candidate 5,” whose associates, according to wiretapped conversations, were most directly implicated in the pay-to-play scheme that prosecutors say the governor was trying to hatch. The Times’s Monica Davey reports : Mr. Jackson, an ambitious Democrat elected to Congress 13 years ago and the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, made a defiant appearance before reporters in Washington on Wednesday, denying unequivocally that he had offered Mr. Blagojevich anything in exchange for the Senate seat or had ...

Scrambling for Obama's Senate Seat Begins Anew
The Caucus — ... race, she will already have the backing of at least one sitting senator, Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Mr. Brown expressed his support for a Schakowsky candidacy at the dinner on Wednesday. Other potential candidates for the vacant seat, include Tammy Duckworth, the director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs, Representative Luis Gutierrez, State Senate President Emil Jones and Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr. Mr. Jackson’s chances, however, may be the most uncertain. He was identified as the possible Senate contender most directly implicated in the ...