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Blagojevich Scandal An Early Test For Obama Team

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER and JEFF ZELENY | Posted 01.10.2009 | Home

WASHINGTON -- When Representative Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, began exploring whether she might fill Barack Obama's seat in the United State...

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America's New Political Capital: Don't Judge Chicago by Its Crooks

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

As names are named, and Blagojevich becomes the fourth Illinois governor since the '70s to be charged with white collar crime, you may find yourself asking, "What's going on with Illinois?"

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My Take on Blagojevich

David Mamet | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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I am from Chicago, and, so, having been disillusioned with politics at an early age I do not become involved. The only reason I vote is because they pay me.

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Media Use Blagojevich Scandal Against Obama

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Media Matters reports that, despite U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's warning to "not cast aspersions on people for being named or being discussed" i...

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Obama Unfairly Tainted by Crimes He Didn't Commit

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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We've seen this before: specious attempts to connect Obama with corrupt or controversial figures in Chicago. This is what we can expect for the next four years. The crazy has only just begun.

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Blagojevich Profanity-Laced Conversations Reenacted On "Rachel Maddow"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Media

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Everybody's been reading over the obscenity-strewn transcribed conversations of Rod Blagojevich and realizing that he's the most profane, David Mamet-...

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Blagojevich Proves Obama is Clean

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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The headline shouldn't be about how this is a problem for Obama. The headline should be, "Blagojevich Case Proves Obama Can't Be Bought." He is indisputably clean.

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Obama Blagojevich Connection Attempted And Failed On "Hannity And Colmes"

Jason Linkins | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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As far as any ongoing corruption is concerned, what Fitzgerald has put out there more or less indicates that Obama wasn't willing to participate in anything out of bounds.

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Blagojevich's Magnificent Downfall

James Warren | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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At the heart of it all, is money -- as is the case in about 49 other states, regardless of all the television chatter Tuesday about a peculiarly "Chicago" brand of corruption.

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Blagojevich Returns To Work

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — His career in shreds, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich clung defiantly to power Wednesday, ignoring a call to step down from President-el...

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Blagojevich Deserves the Chicago Tribune's Thanks

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

Blagojevich should have just exercised a little more patience in demanding that Zell fire writers since Zell, who has just had the Tribune declare bankruptcy, seems to be taking down the entire place anyway.

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Blagojevich's Brazenness Stuns Even Hardened Chicago Politicos

AP | SHARON COHEN | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The words on the recording sound as if they were uttered by a mob boss. Instead, the feds say, it is the governor of Illinois speaking...

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My Governor Got Led Away in Handcuffs, and All I Got Was This Lousy Newspaper

Daniel Sinker | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Be glad you're not Rod Blagojevich. In addition to having a terrible haircut, he's going to go down in history as the worst politician in the history of Illinois politics--a high bar to pass, but one he's passed handily.

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Blagojevich Offers Senate Seat to Arresting Officer

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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The astonishing escape attempt occurred moments after Mr. Blagojevich was handcuffed by the agent, who was wearing a wire and captured the entire expletive-laden offer on tape.

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Rod Blagojevich Arrest: Legal And Political Fallout

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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National and local Illinois officials are calling for the state Senate to reconvene and pass legislation that would effectively take the power of appo...

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Nice work, Gov. Blagojevich. Really.

Phil Bronstein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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You have to hand it to the governor: there's something to be said for brazen self-destruction -- a "teachable moment" in the Gavin Newsom meaning -- in a culture always looking for new heights of chutzpah.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. Is Senate Candidate 5 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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READ THE LATEST NEWS ON BLAGOJEVICH Update, 4:45pm Jesse Jackson, Jr. emphatically denied that he was a target in the federal investigation of Gov. ...

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Now, Finally, We Can Clean Up This State

Edwin Eisendrath | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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Two years ago I took on Mr. Blagojevich in the Democratic Primary. It was already clear back then that he was deeply involved in the kind of pay-to-play politics that have tainted Illinois for too long.

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Durbin Urges Special Election For Obama's Seat After Blagojevich Charges

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS and DENNIS CONRAD | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Top Illinois lawmakers said Tuesday that they are preparing to call the Legislature into session as early as next week to se...

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Following Blagojevich Arrest, Obama Senate Seat Put On eBay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Various elements of the Rod Blagojevich arrest today are unavoidably humorous -- whether it is his completely cynical approach to politics, the idea t...

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Blagojevich, Illinois Governor, Arrested (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago

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Update, 2:40pm AP reports that Blagojevich's Deputy Governor, Bob Greenlee, has resigned. Spokeswoman Kelley Quinn says Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee res...

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Blagojevich Uses State Plane For Philly Trip

Daily Herald | John Patterson | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

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Just days after shuttering several state parks and historic sites and asking for understanding from Illinoisans amid bleak economic times, Gov. Rod B...

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Blagojevich To Attend National Governors' Meeting

Associated Press | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he'll travel to Philadelphia this week to join his peers at a meeting of the National Governors Association. Pres...

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Senator You

Michael Jones | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago

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I don't think that those hopeful faces in Grant Park were hoping that the deciding factor in the choice to fill President-elect Obama's Senate seat for the next two years be who can best help our embattled Governor.

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