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themoderatevoice.com - 12/9/2008
Selling Obama’s Senate Seat
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The prosecutor who took out Scooter Libby is flummoxed today by the antics of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in trying to auction off Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. “The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering,” US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ...
Blagojevich may let voters fill Obama's Senate seat
suntimes.com - 12/15/2008
Blagojevich may let voters fill Obama's Senate seat
— suntimes.com — Should he stay in office, Gov. Blagojevich is warming to the idea of holding a special election... for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The governor -- facing criminal charges that he put the seat ... (more) Blagojevich may let voters fill Obama's Senate seat

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thecapitolfaxblog.com - 12/9/2008
The Capitol Fax Blog: Selling the Senate Seat
— thecapitolfaxblog.com — Later on November 10, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH and Advisor A discussed the open Senate seat. Among other... things, ROD BLAGOJEVICH raised the issue of whether the President-elect could help get ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife on “paid corporate boards right now.” ... (more) The Capitol Fax Blog: Selling the Senate Seat

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essence.typepad.com - 12/13/2008
The back story of Valerie Jarrett, Illinois U.S. Senate Seat and the White House
— essence.typepad.com — No one with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has identified his close friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett... as Senate candidate #1, as mentioned in the criminal complaint against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, but it's clear that she is the person ... (more) The back story of Valerie Jarrett, Illinois U.S. Senate ...

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Things I friggin' hate : Stupidly corrupt Democrats
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... Not only that, the guy has been under investigation for ages by the same U. S. Attorney that took out Scooter Libby. You read that right : The dimwit has the nerve to doubt the prosecutorial abilities of Patrick Fitzgerald. ...

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BlagoGate: Obama's Burden
swampland.blogs.time.com 12/9/2008 — At a news conference just now, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald made very clear that he had uncovered no evidence of misbehavior on the part of Barack Obama. "I should be clear that the complaint makes no allegations whatsoever about the ...
Bagging Blagojevich or How the Right Learned to Love Patrick Fitzgerald
crooksandliars.com 12/10/2008 — News this morning that U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has indicted Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich predictably brought cheers from the conservative chattering classes. Blagojevich's arrest over the "pay for play" Senate seat vacated ...
Obama adviser endorsed Blago-style politics in 2005
hotair.com 12/10/2008 — I doubt too many people around Barack Obama would have any criticisms for US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald or offer any defenses of Illinois politics now. Read the rest »
Did The Chicago Tribune Spoil Fitzgerald's Blagojevich Investigation? — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But the opposite is true: ...
Did The Chicago Tribune Spoil Fitzgerald's Blagojevich Investigation? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But the opposite is true: ...
Report: Tribune Blew Blago Bust [Dan Collins] — protein wisdom
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But the opposite is true: ...
Did Patrick Fitzgerald Rush The Blagojevich Bust? — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But the opposite is true: ...
Did Patrick Fitzgerald Rush The Blagojevich Bust? — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Conventional wisdom holds that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ordered the FBI to arrest Rod Blagojevich before sunrise Tuesday in order to stop a crime from being committed. That would have been the sale of the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. But the opposite is true: ...
Patten: Will Obama Fire Patrick Fitzgerald? — Drudge Retort
David A Patten: Once he assumes office, President-elect Barack Obama will face a severe "trial by fire" over whether to fire U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald and other U.S. attorneys, following Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest Tuesday for allegedly offering to sell Obama's ...
Blagwater — The Poor Man Institute
My friends, this is very very bad news for Obama: On more than one occasion during his stunning press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald bluntly said he has found no evidence of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama in the tangled, tawdry scheme that Illinois ...
Republicans Demand Obama Say He Wants Fitzgerald To Stay -- Even Though He Already Has — TPM Election Central
Hoping to milk the Blago mess for all it's worth, Republicans are demanding that President-elect Obama say whether he wants Patrick Fitzgerald to stay as U.S. Attorney -- even though he's already on record saying that he does. In an interview published today by Politico , Illinois state ...
Escaping Scandal — The Glittering Eye
This morning Time.com asks “Can Obama escape the taint of Blagojevich?”: On more than one occasion during his stunning press conference Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald bluntly said he has found no evidence of wrongdoing by President-elect Barack Obama in the tangled, ...
And the fun with Blagojevich has just *started*. — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Ah, Fitzmas . I don’t know what’s droller: this predictive post , or the querulous comments to it. BlagoGate: Obama’s Burden At a news conference just now, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald made very clear that he had uncovered no evidence of misbehavior on the part of ...
Patrick Fitzgerald Is Back: Maybe This Time GOPers Will Not Attack — MoJo Blog Posts: mojo
Patrick Fitzgerald is back. With his dramatic arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on an assortment of corruption charges--including the allegation that Blagojevich wanted to sell the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama--Fitzgerald, the hard-charging U.S. attorney in ...
Video: The Arrest of Governor Blagojevich — Little Green Footballs
US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald describes the charges against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. The depth of the corruption in this case is mind-boggling.
U.S. Atty.: Conduct Would Make Lincoln Roll Over in Grave — News
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said that conduct by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) "would make Lincoln roll over in his grave." Fitzgerald made the remark during a news conference in reference to alleged attempts by the governor to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Obama. ...
Fitzgerald: "Conduct Would Make Lincoln Roll Over In His Grave" — Hotline On Call Part Deux
U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said that Illinoise Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's attempt to use the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Pres.-elect Barack Obama for personal gain marks conduct that "woudl make (Abraham) Lincoln roll over in his grave." "This is a sad day for government," he said ...
Governor Blago auctions Barack Obama's Senate seat — TigerHawk
A month ago we wondered why Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich had not gotten his act together to determine who he would appoint to the United States Senate to succeed Barack Obama. Well, now we know. It turns out that it takes time to arrange an auction. U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said ...