blogs.tnr.com - 12/9/2008
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Senate Candidate 5 in the Blago complaint would seem to be in a bit of hot water, since it appears from the tapes that he or she offered Blago something in return for the appointment. (Whether that something was actual money or a promise of future fundraising help isn't entirely clear.) So ...
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politico.com - 12/9/2008
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politico.com —
Capitol Fax's Rich Miller updates the state of
the speculation on the identity of "Senate Candidate 5,"...
the public official who -- from the complaint -- appears to be in the most jeopardy, aside from Blagojevich and Harris. "Senate ...
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'Senate Candidate 5'
politico.com - 12/9/2008
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politico.com —
The transition hasn't yet responded to questions about
Rod Blagojevich's indictment, but the key question is whether...
the transition was talking to prosecutors, whether Obama and Valerie Jarrett knew that Blagojevich had offered her the Senate seat in ...
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What the transition knew
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Senate Candidate 5 In Blagojevich Indictment: Who Is It?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The New Republic's Jason Zengarle questions Ambinder's theory--"that doesn't seem right to me, since it's also clear from the complaint that Blago believed Obama was opposed to Candidate 5. I can't think of any reason why Obama would oppose Jesse Junior moving over to the Senate"--adding that the Smoking Gun may be on to something by naming Emil Jones, Jr. ...
Senate Candidate 5 In Blagojevich Indictment: Who Is It?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The New Republic's Jason Zengarle questions Ambinder's theory--"that doesn't seem right to me, since it's also clear from the complaint that Blago believed Obama was opposed to Candidate 5. I can't think of any reason why Obama would oppose Jesse Junior moving over to the Senate"--adding that the Smoking Gun may be on to something by naming Emil Jones, Jr. ...
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What did Obama Actually Promise to Disclose?
volokh.com 12/14/2008 — Barack Obama's promise to release a list of contacts “between the transition office and the governor’s office” commits to far less than people think. Indeed, it does not cover either...
Media Matters: Media pick up where they left off 8 years ago
mediamatters.org 12/13/2008 — To anyone who lived
through the media feeding frenzy of the 1990s, during which the nation's
leading news organizations spent the better part of a decade destroying their
own credibility by relentlessly hyping a series of non-scandals, the past ...
Blago-What? Never Heard of Him.
online.wsj.com 12/11/2008 — JAMES TARANTO When the 111th Congress convenes next month, the Democrats may have only 57 senators. It now appears that as a result of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's efforts to sell President-elect Obama's erstwhile seat, Blagojevich may not be able to give ...
Blago could decide future by Monday
suntimes.com 12/13/2008 — 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.
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 ...
A special election for Obama's seat? —
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From NBC's Carrie Dann Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois called today for a special election to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, saying that "no appointment could produce a credible replacement" in light of this morning's arrest of Gov. Rod ...
Obama: No contact with IL guv —
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From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama responded solemnly to news that FBI agents arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich this morning on a series of corruption charges and said that he had not been aware of what ...
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