newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/14/2009
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Posted by Tribune staff at 11:45 a.m.; last updated at 3:35 p.m. Rodblagojevich5 SPRINGFIELD---The Illinois Senate took an oath today to be sworn in as jurors in the historic impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, hours after he made his first Capitol appearance since his arrest last month ...
suntimes.com - 1/13/2009
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suntimes.com —
Barack Obama jogged only slightly ahead of Rod
Blagojevich across the news landscape of the past month,
the glistening horizon of a new Camelot ahead, perhaps, but the jagged outline of the clouted city not far behind. Obama and Blago are more than ...
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Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline
suntimes.com - 1/8/2009
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Arya's memo says Blagojevich is good dad, great
guy but ineffective, emotionally unstable chief executive SPRINGFIELD
When former Chicago television broadcaster Bob Arya joined Gov. Blagojevich's staff as a senior advisor in November 2006, the ...
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Ex-advisor to panel: Order Blago to get psych ...
cbs2chicago.com - 1/9/2009
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cbs2chicago.com —
In a dramatic display of anger and solidarity
over a political scandal that has made Illinois a
national laughingstock, lawmakers on Friday voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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ILLINOIS HOUSE IMPEACHES BLAGOJEVICH
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Developing - “Gov Blago” Swears In His Own Tribunal
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich oversees Senate swearing-in as impeachment trial looms
SPRINGFIELD—Gov. Rod Blagojevich today made his first appearance at the Capitol since his arrest last month on federal corruption charges, overseeing the swearing-in of a Senate that will judge him at his pending impeachment trial.
It’s a day full of political theater, but one with real consequences amid the show.
Before the swearing-in, the governor waited in a room behind the Senate. He shook hands with several folks ...
Blagojevich Gets Impeached Again -- Sister-In-Law Dissents
TPM Election Central —
Rod Blagojevich has been impeached -- again.
The Illinois state House voted today by a 117-1 margin to re-enact their articles of impeachment against Blagojevich. This was legally required because the impeachment last week was passed by the lame-duck legislature, not the new legislature that was sworn in today.
The two legislators who voted against impeachment last week were both lame ducks, leaving the only dissenting vote this time to be cast by freshman state Rep. Deb Mell (D-Chicago) -- Blago's sister-in-law.
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Blagojevich Impeached Again
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
The Illinois Senate took an oath today to be sworn in as jurors in the historic impeachment trial of Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), the Chicago Tribune reports. They later voted 58 to 0 to adopt rules for conducting the trial. ...
Blago's Sister-in-Law only "No" vote in Impeachment
The New Editor —
The Illinois House voted again to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), 117-1.
The lone vote against impeachment? Blago's sister-in-law.
The Chicago Tribune reports: (emphasis added)
The second impeachment by the House was necessitated by today's seating of a new legislature reflecting the results of the Nov. 4 general election.... The only "no" vote this time was cast by freshman Rep. Deb Mell (D-Chicago), Blagojevich's sister-in-law, who had been sworn in earlier today. She left after refusing to discuss her vote with ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... will have a significant impact: "The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of an Alabama man on drug and weapons charges, emphasizing that the exclusionary rule, which generally bars prosecutors from using evidence obtained by the police through improper searches, is far from absolute." * Rod Blagojevich was impeached again today , by the new newly sworn-in Illinois House. The final vote was 117 to 1, with the lone "no" vote coming from the governor's sister-in-law. * I wonder if we'll ever know what ...
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Evidence in abundance of AP's new "style" of news coverage.
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Why Blago Is So Great
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/10/2009 — Give Rod Blagojevich credit: This man simply does not back down on health care -- the issue that is the true reason the legislature is trying to remove him from office.
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Blagojevich's lawyer quits impeachment trial —
CNN Political Ticker 1/16/2009
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) – Defense attorney Edward Genson will not represent Gov. Rod Blagojevich in his Senate impeachment trial, the U.S. attorney's office in the Northern District of Illinois said.
No explanation or details were immediately ...
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