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Rahm Talked with Blagojevich, but About What?
firedoglake.com - 12/12/2008
Rahm Talked with Blagojevich, but About What?
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President Elect Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel had “multiple conversations” with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich about filling Obama’s vacant Senate seat, Chicago’s Fox affiliate reports, citing an unnamed source. Emmanuel purportedly passed a list of candidates for the seat ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/13/2008
Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who should fill Obama's Senate seat -
— chicagotribune.com — By Bob Secter Rahm Emanuel , President-elect Barack Obama 's pick to be White House chief of... staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. The ... (more) Rahm Emanuel talked with governor's office about who ...

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swamppolitics.com - 12/13/2008
Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked
— swamppolitics.com — by Bob Secter Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had... conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned.  ... (more) Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich staff talked

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Blago could decide future by Monday
suntimes.com - 12/13/2008
Blago could decide future by Monday
— suntimes.com — Gov. Blagojevich will decide early next week -- perhaps as early as Monday -- whether he should... resign, a source close to the governor told the Chicago Sun-Times. (more) Blago could decide future by Monday

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Suburban Guerrilla:  Not A Big Deal

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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News — ... blogs at TalkingPointsMemo. The mere fact that the two were talking does not mean anything nefarious was going on, firedoglake’s Gregg Levine asserts, noting that Blagojevich’s recorded tirade about “appreciation” indicates that the Obama team wasn’t playing ball with the governor’s corruption. Things are looking up for Franken thanks to the Minnesota Board of Canvassers’ granting Franken two favorable rulings today, ...

Not A Big Deal
Suburban Guerrilla — ... As I pointed out the other day, this is the way it goes. I mean, of course Obama wants input on who will replace him. This isn’t unusual or nefarious; it’s just politics, and there’s nothing dirty about it. ...

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The Fallout Thickens… — RedState: Conservative News and Community
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Is the Chicago way the change we need? — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Thursday morning at a Chicago news conference , president-elect Obama expressed his confidence that no Representative of his did any bargaining with Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois to fill Obama’s U.S. Senate seat. He also promised to provided a list of contacts between members of ...
A Lot Of Idiot, Little Of Savant: Rahm Emmanuel Backs Down From Crazy Claim Of Death Threats — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
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Emanuel Getting Death Threats Over Blagojevich Scandal — Tennessee Guerilla Women
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Who told on the Blagster? — Megan McArdle
The latest rumor is that Rahm Emmanuel is the one who narc'd on Blagojevich.  Clive Crook makes a point I hadn't thought of:  given that we know that Blagojevich demanded pay for play from them, it had better be someone from the Obama campaign who snitched, or it's going to look very, ...