emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 1/6/2009
—
I'm still trying to sort through the conflicting stories on contacts Rahm Emanuel had with Rod Blagojevich and his crowd. One of two things is going on:
1. Rahm has been less than forthcoming in describing his contacts with Blagojevich and his minions.
AND/OR
2. There has been a ...
suntimes.com - 1/3/2009
—
suntimes.com —
Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr.
to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich...
was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ...
(more)
Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement ...
salon.com - 1/7/2009
—
salon.com —
Jan 6th, 2009 | SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov.
Rod Blagojevich's official calendar shows he met with a...
top union official in his Chicago office the day before Barack Obama was elected president -- just as federal prosecutors say the governor was scheming ...
(more)
AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com - 1/3/2009
—
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com —
Racist Apparently Harry Reid has had enough of
those uppity black folk from Chicago. It's bad enough...
he has to take marching orders from King Obama the next two years before Nevada voters toss him out in 2010. But he wanted no part of the Reverend ...
(more)
Racist Dingy Harry to Blago: Don't Appoint Any Black People
Comments
Blog Reactions
Remainders: Rahm's rabbi
Ben Smith's Blog —
... A Firedoglake blogger wonders if there's a loophole in Obama's Blago report, regarding Rahm's contacts. (A spokesman didn't return my email on the subject.) ...
Related Content
BLAGO STINK IS EXPANDING
rightwingnuthouse.com 12/14/2008 — The Blago Blow-Up is beginning to churn like the contents of one’s stomach following a helping of bad escargot. You begin to realize you just ate a heaping, steaming plate of snail flesh and begin to wonder if it will just give you gas or ...
The Volokh Conspiracy
volokh.com 12/17/2008 — Moran Mistaken About Particular Blagojevich-Obama Contacts. At Pajamas Media, Rick Moran is claiming that the government affidavit shows that Blagojevich had conveyed his corrupt plan to two Obama advisors, referred to in the affidavit as Advisor A ...
I'm Not Seeing A Problem For Rahm
riehlworldview.com 12/18/2008 — Many of my friends on the Right are worked up over this Sun Time's item under Lynn Sweet's banner . But I can't see anything in it that tells me that Rahm Emanuel has real a problem. There may be some confusion here over "spoke directly," granted. To ...
Inside Blagojevich's bold, brash *&@#$% pick to replace Obama
latimesblogs.latimes.com 12/31/2008 — There's something weirdly fascinating about professional wrestling. Not that we've ever watched it ourselves, mind you. But a, uh, friend tells us that you know someone is gonna get thrown out of the ring onto the fragile tables sitting over there ...
Bill Baar's West Side: Obama and Blagojevich
baarswestside.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Well, we know Axelrod was no fool. Update: This pic's so popular, I started a caption contest . Talk about poor judgement... from Ryan Lizza's Making it . On Obama's hand in giving Illinois the Blagojevich-Rezko regime. That year, he gained his first ...
Break Out the Popcorn: Rendell Hammers Obama, Emanuel Runs for Cover
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 12/12/2008 — This is getting interesting now. You had to figure a loose cannon like Ed Rendell would be chiming in over the Rod Blagojevich scandal, and sure enough, he unleashes on Barack Obama.Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell today criticized Barack Obama for not ...
Burris offered Capitol Hill office space —
CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has offered Senate Appointee Roland Burris office space not far from the Capitol.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Now that Roland Burris has been turned away from the Senate, where will he hang his hat?
Since Burris has not been ...
Roland Burris Scores Key Senate Ally —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/6/2009
Susan Davis reports on Congress.
Roland Burris found a powerful ally in his quest to be formally recognized as the junior senator from Illinois: California Sen. Dianne Feinstein , who chairs the Senate Rules Committee, and put her support ...
Senators Turn Burris Away at Capitol —
Wash Post In Congress 1/7/2009
Blocked from claiming a Senate seat, a man who once said his success in politics was the result of "divine intervention" stood outside the Capitol yesterday and declared: "Members of the media, my name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from the ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
