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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/9/2008
What prompted this morning's arrest
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WHAT PROMPTED THIS MORNING'S ARREST.... The investigation into possible corruption surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has been ongoing for three years. What prompted the arrest this morning? Reading over the indictment (pdf), issued to the press by Patrick Fitzgerald's...

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News — ... blogs. Blagojevich appears to have been willing to sell anything he could as governor for the right price, and is the second corrupt Illinois governor after the incarceration of his predecessor, Gov. George Ryan (R), Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen notes. The GOP wins in special elections and runoffs are far from aberrations, and if the party can recruit candidates more like Congressman-elect Anh “Joseph” Cao—who didn’t explicitly run as conservative warriors—they may encounter more success come 2010, ...

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