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Rahm Almost Certainly Didn’t Bust Blagojevich
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 12/10/2008
Rahm Almost Certainly Didn’t Bust Blagojevich
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from enterstageright I know I reported the local Chicago Fox reporter's scoop that Rahm may have turned Blago into Fitz. CONATY: We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may have reached out to Rahm Emanuel, the ...
Questions Arise About the Obama/Blagojevich Relationship
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/9/2008
Questions Arise About the Obama/Blagojevich Relationship
— blogs.abcnews.com — "Obviously like the rest of the people of Illinois I am saddened and sobered by the news... that came out of the US attorney's office today," said President-elect Obama this afternoon in Chicago, speaking of the criminal complaint against Democratic... (more) Questions Arise About the Obama/Blagojevich Relationship

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Boomerang: The Democrat culture of corruption
michellemalkin.com - 12/10/2008
Boomerang: The Democrat culture of corruption
— michellemalkin.com — My syndicated column today looks at how the Democrat “culture of corruption” boomerang has returned to smack... the donkeys right back in the face. [...] Read the rest » (more) Boomerang: The Democrat culture of corruption

Comments vote down Doug Ross @ Journal found this 12/10/2008found this
politico.com - 12/9/2008
What the transition knew
— 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 ... (more) What the transition knew

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ArchPundit:  Some Good Analysis of the Time Line

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Some Good Analysis of the Time Line
ArchPundit — ... And such by Emptwheel over at Firedoglake.  She’s covered Fitzgerald a lot and is especially good at reading between the lines.  A couple key things she points out include that there are more tapes of the discussion to sell the seat and that discussions that would not have resulted in financial gain to Blagojevich were taped as well (read typical political horse trading). ...

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Blagojevich Arrest: Rahm Emanuel Tip Off? (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 12/9/2008 — Republicans are already attempting to tie the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to President-elect Barack Obama . But local reports suggest that it was Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who tipped feds off to Blagojevich's corrupt dealings: ...
Chicago reporter suggests Rahm Emanuel may have ‘tipped’ off federal investigators about Blagojevich.
thinkprogress.org 12/9/2008 — Marcy Wheeler catches local Chicago press reporting that Rahm Emanuel may have tipped off federal investigators that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) was engaging in corrupt acts. Jack Conaty , a Chicago reporter for the local Fox affiliate, said on-air that ...
A tip from Rahm?
politico.com 12/9/2008 — Jack Connaty, of Chicago's Fox affiliate, reported this morning : We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may have reached out to Rahm Emanuel, the president-elect’s chief of ...
Rahm Source: Story That He Tipped Off Feds To Blago Is False
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/9/2008 — A source close to Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is denying reports that Rahm tipped off the Feds to Blagojevich's alleged efforts to sell Obama's Senate seat. The rumors to this effect have been flying all afternoon, kicked off by a local Fox ...
Obama & Emanuel Are So Close With Blagojevich That They Led His Campaign For Governor
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — Hopey, Changey, we can believe in. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, taking an oath next to Barack Obama pre-2008, allegedly said, "I want to make money" off the power to pick Obama's Senate successor. ( NY Post ) Rahm Emanuel said that he and Obama ...
Blagojevich Arrest: Rahm Emanuel Tip Off? (VIDEO) — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Republicans are already attempting to tie the arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to President-elect Barack Obama . But local reports suggest that it was Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who tipped feds off to Blagojevich's corrupt dealings: CONATY: We did receive a tip this morning ...
UPDATED: The Blagojevich Saga — The Moderate Voice
UPDATE #4 The American Prospect ’s Adam Serwer helps decode the Senate-seat candidates referenced by numbers only in the criminal complaint against Gov. Blago. —————— UPDATE #3 A rumor is afoot that Obama CoS Rahm Emanuel may have helped spark ...
Did Bold Blago Reach Out to Rahm? — Weekly Standard Blog
A local Chicago TV report suggests that the busting of Blagojevich came together so fast because the governor reached out to none other than Rahm Emanuel about working some angles on the Senate seat, and Emanuel blew the whistle on him. Update: Sen. Dick Durbin is suggesting the Illinois ...
Rahm? — Talking Points Memo
Did Rahm Emanuel (outgoing Chicago congressman and incoming Obama Chief of Staff) tip off Fitzgerald about Blagojevich's scheme? Video here .
Did Rahm Tip Fitzgerald? — Firedoglake
On the Fox's Chicago radio station the suggestion is being made that Blagojevich called Rahm. Assuming that's true, the question is did is did Rahm call Fitzgerald and let him know? Sure hope so, for Rahm's sake.