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'Senate Candidate 5'
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Capitol Fax's Rich Miller updates the state of the speculation on the identity of "Senate Candidate 5," the public official who -- from the complaint -- appears to be in the most jeopardy, aside from Blagojevich and Harris. "Senate Candidate 5." He thinks its either Emil Jones or Jesse Jackson, Jr., though it's conceivable that others would fit the description. ...
Who is Senate Candidate 5?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
With President-elect Obama apparently not willing to play ball with Gov. Rod Blagojevich over the Senate seat vacancy, today's indictment suggests at least one public official was willing to "pay to play." Blagojevich is quoted: "That, you know, he'd raise me 500
grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I
made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator." Based on the timing, Rich Miller thinks Senate Candidate 5 is either state Senate President Emil Jones or Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL).
Who is “Senate Candidate Number 5″?
Sister Toldjah —
... call, an earlier approach by an associate of Senate Candidate 5.
“We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator,” Blagojevich was quoted as saying.
Is it Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. or Obama’s kingmaker and outgoing Illinois Senate president Emil Jones, Jr., who expressed interest in ...
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