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Obama: Illinois Ready To Move Forward After Blagojevich

AP | Posted 03.16.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - President Barack Obama says Illinois is ready to move forward now that Rod Blagojevich has been removed as governor. In an interv...

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Obama: Blagojevich 'Crippled' Illinois

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the removal of Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY'-uh-vich) as governor has ended a "painful episode for Illinoi...

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Blagojevich Disregards Obama's List Of Candidates For Senate Seat

thehill.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | Chicago

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Barack Obama believed that seven candidates were "highly qualified" to succeed him in the Senate, but the two people Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D)...

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Jason Linkins

Townhall's Matt Lewis: Obama "Out Of The Country" In Hawaii (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

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So, here's the latest worry for President-elect Barack Obama: is it okay that he's in Hawaii?

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Sam Stein

Obama Blagojevich Report: Team Claims Exoneration

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Barack Obama's chief counsel declared on Tuesday afternoon that only one member of the President-elect's staff -- incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel...

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Obama Report On Blagojevich Contacts: Full Text

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Below is the full text of the Obama transition team's review of contacts with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his office. * * * * * ...

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Obama Blagojevich Report: "A Lot About Nothing"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Two Democratic officials tell CNN that the "long-awaited report about aides to President-elect Barack Obama alleged contact with the office of embattl...

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Newsweek's Isikoff: If I Had Subpoena Power, Here's What I'd Ask Obama

Newsweek | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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Invoking his wartime commander-in-chief authority, NEWSWEEK Editor Jon Meacham has granted yours truly, a lowly investigative correspondent, sweeping ...

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Rahm Only Called Blagojevich Once: Obama Report

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.21.2009 | Politics

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ABC News' George Stephanopolous reports on Barack Obama's internal probe of his staff's ties to corrupt Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. According to hi...

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Obama: 'Frustrating' To Not Address Blagojevich Rumors (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday he was anxious to correct the record on his transition team's involvement with Gov. Rod Blagojevich and d...

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Jason Linkins

NRO's York Compares Blago Probe To Plamegate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

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I guess that from here until December 22nd, when the Obama transition team is due to release their who-contacted-who report in accordance with Patrick...

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Jason Linkins

Obama's Press Treatment Just Like Bush's: WaPo's Milbank

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

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Dana Milbank is unhappy with the way Obama blew off the Chicago Tribune's John McCormick yesterday when the reporter attempted to dig into the Blago story at the presser for Arne Duncan. To an extent, I understand.

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More Republicans Revolt Against Obama-Blagojevich Attacks

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, Newt Gingrich sent a letter to RNC Chair Mike Duncan chastising the party for going after Barack Obama's ties to Rod Blagojevich and calli...

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Fitzgerald Confirms Delay Of Obama Team Blagojevich Report

Chicago Tribune | Bob Secter | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

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President-elect Barack Obama said Monday that his transition office was delaying release of a report on contacts with the Blagojevich administration ...

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Rove: Obama Not Transparent Enough On Blago

The Hill | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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Karl Rove, who refused to answer questions for years on the outing of Valerie Plame as a CIA official, criticized Barack Obama on Monday for not being...

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Sam Stein

Obama: Judge Me On The Jobs I Create

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Much of the focus of the just completed Obama press conference is going to center on his answer to the obligatory Rod Blagojevich question -- the pres...

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Obama: No Blagojevich Contact, No "Inappropriate Discussions"

AP | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ...

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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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Obama Team Mum On Blagojevich Investigation

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is refusing to answer any questions about the internal review he has ordered into Illinois Gov. Rod Bl...

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Obama Never Pushed Valerie Jarrett For Senate: Axelrod

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In what I can only describe as a political fantasy, Gov. Blagojevich somehow thought he could extract a Cabinet post from Presiden...

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Obama And Blagojevich's Distant Relationship: They Haven't Talked For More Than A Year

HuffPost/NYT/WP | Posted 01.11.2009 | Home

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President-elect Obama's history with disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is dissected in several reports, including stories of how the men hav...

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Axelrod On Blagojevich Scandal: 'We Were Not Involved'

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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David Axelrod said at tonight's Harvard Institute of Politics conference that Obama's team wasn't involved in talks with Rod Blagojevich about Obama's...

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Sam Stein

Obama Denies Blagojevich Contact, Promises More Info (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

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In a press conference designed to focus on the appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Barack Obama was besieged almost ...

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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 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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