Lisa Madigan Meets With Obama About Senate Seat

CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the Democrat met with President Barack Obama and several of his senior aides late last week.

Robyn Ziegler says Madigan and the president spoke at the White House about Obama's former U.S. Senate seat, currently held by Roland Burris. She says Madigan also talked with senior advisers Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, as well as Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Ziegler says Madigan hasn't made a decision on whether to run for the seat, but that she's "carefully weighing" the option and "talking to the president is an important part of that process."

Christopher Kennedy, the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, and Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias are also considering runs for the post.

-ASSOCIATED PRESS

Comments

[noudidnt]

I hope she gets crushed. She is worse than Burris.

[platanoman]

Sure she is. Sighs

[Jeremy Lincicum]

Does this mean that all interested in running for the U.S. Senate seat get to meet with the President and his top staff? If so, I am running for that seat. But I do not have the name recondition as Madigan or Kennedy........ So I guess not.

[Cogs]

Lisa Madigan will not be ian ndependent voice in the Senate. She answers to her father and the Daleys. Witness how many investigations her office has developed regarding corruption at City Hall. More women and minorities should be elected but let's not get excited about sending another machine puppet to D.C. Burris and Durbin have got that covered. I would support Tammy Duckworth.

[ibsteve2u]

The more gals in the Senate, the better: Women typically know that a rich old man is not necessarily to be trusted.

[noudidnt]

If you replace "gals" with "b_l_ack", many would say you are a r_a_c..*.st.