York: The Blago Scandal: Whats the Rush?
article.nationalreview.com 12/15/2008 — Are Obama allies stoking a crisis to push an embarrassing scandal offstage?

Is Blago nuts? The experts speak
powerlineblog.com 12/11/2008 — Reflecting on the question "Is Blago nuts?," -- retired clinical psychologist Judith Lown writes: I read your column with particular interest this morning because it echoed a conversation I had with a friend last night. My reaction then, as to ...

Removing Blagojevich ... The Right Way
dailykos.com 12/15/2008 — The Attorney General of Illinois, Lisa Madigan, has filed a motion before the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to have Rod Blagojevich removed from office on the grounds that he is no longer fit to serve : Atty. General Lisa Madigan called on the ...

Is Blago nuts?
powerlineblog.com 12/11/2008 — Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is a piece of work. He is vulgar like a lowlife gangster on a bad day. He is corrupt like the leader of an African satrapy. He sought higher office solely to exploit it for his personal benefit. From the ...

AP’s Emotive Language For Gov. Rod Blagojevich
stoptheaclu.com 12/10/2008 — -By Warner Todd Huston Evidence in abundance of AP's new "style" of news coverage. Not long ago, the Associated Press informed its writers that they should be more emotive in their writing. Instead of an old newsy just-the-facts style of reporting, ...

IL-GOV Legal Explainer
dailykos.com 12/10/2008 — A few questions about which you may be wondering: 1.  With what was Gov. Blagojevich charged? The indictment (PDF) has two counts: conspiracy to defraud the State of Illinois and the people of the State of Illinois of the honest services to ...

Obama Wouldn't Play
dailykos.com 12/9/2008 — When the news of the arrest of Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich broke, it took the RNC less than an hour to try and tie him to President-elect Barack Obama, an attempt so pitiful that even the Washington Times wasn't buying it. Apparently the RNC didn't bother to read the Criminal Complaint .  ...

York: Blagojevich: Who Is Advisor B?
article.nationalreview.com 12/11/2008 — An unnamed Washington politico is apparently a key player in the Obama Senate-seat scandal.

The two faces of Patty Blagojevich
michellemalkin.com 12/9/2008 — Read this post »

Blagojevich: Oh My, He’s So Gangster
attackerman.firedoglake.com 12/9/2008 — from enterstageright Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Consider this, from page 44 of the complaint: During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife can be heard in the background telling ROD ...

Obama to Release List of Blagojevich Contacts — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Obama promised to release in the next few days a list of contacts between his transition staff and staff or emissaries of Blagojevich.

Daschle given 2 health roles, 1 big assignment (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Drawing on lessons from past debates, President-elect Barack Obama handed Tom Daschle two prime jobs Thursday and one gigantic assignment: overhauling the health care system so more people are covered by insurance.

Rangel May Be Obama's Toughest Scandal — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Attention is fixed on the Blagojevich scandal, but the more vexing problem could play out on the president-elect's new front yard: Rep. Rangel's ethics inquiry.

Obama Says He Never Spoke to Governor on Senate Seat — NYT > Politics
President-elect Barack Obama said on Thursday that no one on his staff had been involved in any deal-making with the governor of Illinois. >

Blagojevich on the job despite calls to quit — Reuters: Politics
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung to his office on Thursday despite mounting pressure to quit, including a renewed call for his resignation from an "appalled" President-elect Barack Obama.