hotair.com - 12/15/2008
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The opponents of Card Check have seized on the discussions noted in the complaint against Rod Blagojevich between the disgraced governor of Illinois and an apparently high-ranking official of the SEIU. [...] Read the rest »
suntimes.com - 12/13/2008
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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.
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Blago could decide future by Monday
nypost.com - 12/16/2008
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Last updated: 3:54 am December 16, 2008 Posted:
2:57 am December 16, 2008 Barack Obama is experiencing...
the first "scandal" of his presidency before he's taken office - or so sayeth the media. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of (among much ...
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BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post
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SEIU in the Crosshairs
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SEIU in the Crosshairs We in the Evergreen State are more than familiar with the hardball politics of SEIU (just ask Helen Sommers). Perhaps its little surprise then there is not just one , but ...
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