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Malcolm: What’s taking Obama so long?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... When the FBI arrested Governor Rod Blagojevich for his alleged attempts to sell Barack Obama’s open Senate seat, the president-elect promised a full accounting of contacts between his team and Blagojevich’s office “in a few days”. It’s been a few days, and the media has received information about contacts at levels as high as Rahm Emanuel, but not from Team Obama. Andrew Malcolm at the Los Angeles Times wonders what’s taking so long: That does not mean, of course, that Emanuel was involved in any wrongdoing. He’s a close political friend of Blagojevich’s in the clan-filled ...
The RNC helpfully puts an Obama/Blagojevich video together.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Via the LA Time’s Top of the Ticket, which is getting just a little tired of the way that this thing has gone from being “what could have been a one- or two-day state scandal story into nearly a week-long saga now involving a new national leader who promised to change the way the people’s business is done.” If you watch the video, you’ll see that MSNBC shares this opinion. ...
'Hope and Change' defined by a nifty little Obama/Blagojevich/Emanuel video
Hyscience —
Barack Obama did indeed promise "hope and change" didn't he? Perhaps the his voters just didn't quite understand that the hope and change was just a campaign slogan - as void of substance as the suit he wears.
From the L.A. Times' Top of the Ticket via Moe Lane at ...
Around The Sphere
The Moderate Voice —
... writes:
The categorical denials coming from Barack Obama on the Rod Blagojevich pay-to-play scandal took another hit today from the Chicago Tribune. Two sources confirm that Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s new chief of staff, had a number of conversations with Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris to discuss acceptable candidates to fill the rest of Obama’s Senate term.
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And The Pressure Builds On Obama to release his contacts with the %$#@! Governor.
But John McCain Has Now Criticized The ...
L.A. TIMES: Pressure builds on Obama to release his Blagojevich contacts.
UPDATE: Obama’s Bert …
Instapundit —
L.A. TIMES: Pressure builds on Obama to release his Blagojevich contacts.
UPDATE: Obama’s Bert Lance? Not sure that quite fits.
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The Blagosmear on Obama.
Althouse —
Does O deserve that? Once, new Presidents got a "honeymoon" -- even after they took office. But there's no honeymoon for Obama, who's been plagued all along by one bad friend after another. (Video via Andrew Malcolm, via Instapundit.) ...
