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Blagojevich Has 'No Plans' To Resign Monday

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 01.14.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Officially, Illinois lawmakers will gather soon to consider a special election to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate _ ...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

It's been amusing watching the media try to turn a scandal affecting the governor of Illinois into a scandal affecting the president-elect. Every detail was milked for maximum ominousness: a recent handshake between Obama and Blagojevich, a list of favored replacement candidates delivered by Rahm Emanuel, Rahm's "beet-red" face, David Axelrod's work for Blago in the 90s. All inflated to fill a sparse news cycle. But wouldn't it have been weird if Obama hadn't shaken Blago's hand, and weirder still if he'd shown no interest in who his successor would be? Trying to turn any of this into a suspicion of pay-to-play carries about as much weight as the Obama citizenship case. Sorry, guys, but Blagojevich said it all: the Obama people were "not willing to give me anything except appreciation."

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Walt Whitman on the Blagojevich Scandal (and Maybe Also the Auto Bailout Mess)

John Seery | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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John Seery

Walt Whitman, speaking from beyond the grave, with an eye toward our current ills.

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Blagojevich's Facebook Following

NBC 5 | Steve Rhodes | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

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It's not exactly villagers with torches rampaging through the North Side on their way to the governor's house, but the good folks with Facebook are no...

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Rahm Emanuel Not Target Of Blagojevich Probe: Sources

AP | NEDRA PICKLER and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — People who have been briefed on the Illinois governor corruption investigation say Barack Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is not ...

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Blagojevich: Resign Now

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 01.12.2009 | Home

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Patricia DeGennaro

Haven't we all had enough of these politicians using their offices for self-enhancement on the backs of our tax dollars?

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Sam Stein

Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Reader KP writes in to add some much needed perspective on the increasingly obsessive Rod Blagojevich coverage. Here is some food for thought. I lost...

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Blago...In A Minute (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Kevin Allocca | Posted 12.12.2008 | Comedy

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Sixty seconds of Blago, as seen through the eyes of the "Small Three": FoxNews, CNN and MSNBC. ...

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Changing Politics From The Bottom Up

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Arthur Rosenfeld

The more sleaze we see in politics the more all this talk of change becomes not nearly so much a campaign slogan or political rallying cry as a plaintive plea.

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Handcuffs and Shoulder Shrugs

Toby Greenwalt | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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Toby Greenwalt

The conversation has moved on to how far this investigation will lead. Whether it's a political newcomer like Tammy Duckworth or a political institution like Richard Daley, a lot of people are hoping Fitzmas only hits once this year.

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The Other Blago-Sphere Takes a Hit

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Robert J. Elisberg

It's not just Lincoln turning in his grave, as U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald suggested, this would make even the first Mayor Daley turn in his grave, a man who could peddle boodle in his sleep without a scratch.

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The Right Way to Sell a Senate Seat

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Handel

Blago is actually the Governor's nickname, and please don't confuse it with "blogger," which is what I am. I'm not the governor of anything, and I left Chicago at age 6, with my morals more or less intact.

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

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

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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David Mamet

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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Sam Stein

Jesse Jackson Jr.: I Am Not A "Target" Of Blagojevich Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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***Read more about Jesse Jackson Jr.*** Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. hosted a highly dramatic press conference Wednesday in which he leveled harsh criticis...

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Obama Unfairly Tainted by Crimes He Didn't Commit

Bob Cesca | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

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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Well At Least New York's Senate Seat isn't on eBay

Keli Goff | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Keli Goff

We New Yorkers luckily have the governor we now do, and a good slate of candidates to choose from. Not a single scandal-plagued, prostitute-patronizing, tax-evading, child-porn loving, wacko in the bunch...as far as we know.

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Sam Stein

Obama Backed Fitzgerald, Despite GOP Claims

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Republican officials are working overtime, it seems, to draw the first political blood from President-elect Obama by connecting him to the arrest of h...

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Blagojevich Back In Black Clothes After Arrest (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 01.10.2009 | Style

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If Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich wants to prove he's innocent, he might consider dressing like it. On Monday, one day before his arrest, the gover...

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Blagojevich Proves Obama is Clean

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

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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Blagojevich's Magnificent Downfall

James Warren | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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James Warren

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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Jason Linkins

The Blagojevich/Wire Connection, Revealed

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

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Looking over the breadth and scope of the unfolding Rod Blagojevich investigation, I couldn't help thinking that that Patrick Fitzgerald has hooked hi...

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Blagojevich Deserves the Chicago Tribune's Thanks

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.09.2009 | Media

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Jacob Heilbrunn

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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Chorus of Illinois Elected Officials Call for Governor's Resignation

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

"If Governor Blagojevich has any regard for the State of Illinois and its residents, he will immediately resign from office," said Congressman Shimkus.

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