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salon.com - 1/7/2009

AP Exclusive: Calendar shows key Ill. gov meetings

— 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

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fivethirtyeight.com - 1/7/2009

Blago Will Try To Seat Senator, But Reid Objects

— fivethirtyeight.com — UPDATE (1:20 PM) : The Capitol Fax Blog has a couple of additional details. Firstly, they're reporting... that Illinois' Secretary of State Jesse White will refuse to certify the appointment. I'm not sure what, if any, constitutional authority White has ... (more) Blago Will Try To Seat Senator, But Reid Objects

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/7/2009

Blago’s Tactics

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Ezra Klein quotes Dan Conley on what Blago’s trying to accomplish : The appointment of Burris is... a pure impeachment-defense tactic from Blagojevich. First, he’s making a public case that no crime was actually committed. If Burris was ... (more) Blago’s Tactics

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Patrick Fitzgerald Seeks More Time to Return Blagojevich Indictment
Politics Daily — ... In a potentially worrisome development for the incoming Obama administration, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked a federal judge for an extension of the deadline to return an indictment against disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on charges of official corruption. Fitzgerald filed a motion in federal court today seeking an additional 90 days during which he will continue to investigate the governor. If the motion is granted, which seems likely, Fitzgerald will have until early April before he has to bring charges against Blagojevich. ...

Heart-ache: Blagojevich impeached
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... reputation for political corruption. Rep. Milt Patterson (D-Chicago) was the lone vote against impeaching the governor. Patterson, from Chicago’s Southwest Side, said after the roll call that he didn’t feel it was his job to vote to impeach the governor. He declined comment on whether he approved of the job Blagojevich is doing. A Blagojevich spokesman said the governor will not resign. Why would he resign? He just got done rolling Harry Reid, and Fitzgerald’s indictment is still months away . I’m not even sure what the charges against him in the impeachment trial will be at ...