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protein wisdom —
Parse Simony [Dan Collins] Joe Conason on how the Obama Transition Team brought this snarking on themselves through no fault of their own. Posted by Dan Collins @ ...
Remainders: Genug
Ben Smith's Blog —
Conason thinks Obama is misplaying the Blago mess.
Mikva sez "Shoyn genug."
Grist loves Holdren.
Sam Stein, Michael Scherer, and Greg Sargent all try to explain the Warren choice in terms of Obama's pragmatism.
Steve Waldman rounds up religious left reaction Warren.
Sharpton defends it.
It's even worse to be a governor than president.
Todd Gitlin wants to censure Obama and move on.
A major Jewish umbrella group nominates an Obama ...
JOE CONASON: What’s Obama hiding about Blagojevich? “Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scan…
Instapundit —
... JOE CONASON: What’s Obama hiding about Blagojevich? “Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed questions to be raised where there were none.” Or at least not as many. Plus, “obfuscation at best and prevarication at worst.” ...
I Don’t Want To Say It But…
Chicago Boyz —
Salon on Blagojevich and Obama via Instapundit.
I just want to take this opportunity to say, “I told you so.”
Obama Pressured Blago To Pick Who He Wanted For Seat
Flopping Aces —
... First we were told it was Blagojevich who was upset that Obama wasn’t giving any quid pro quo for the empty Senate seat. It was the corrupt Blago wanting something for the seat.
But now the situation may have changed. Did Blago want something for the seat because Obama was pressuring him to select someone he wanted?
AJ at The Strata-Sphere ties this together with the initial excuse out of the Obama camp:
Now the awkwardness of the Obama denials make sense.
This political problem arose in part ...
What’s Obama Hiding About Blagojevich?
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... is the quick reaction to “lie” Barack Obama has to any given situation. His instinct to cover his ass actually, as Pat and I discussed a couple of JKHs ago, is quite remarkably more chronic and acute than Bill Clinton’s was.
And then you factor in Rahm Emanuel and his incessant need to CYA himself … and you have two quite possibly culpable sources either canceling each other out or making one or the other look all the more guilty.
Salon:
Probably nothing. But by mishandling the scandal, his team has allowed ...
