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A "Deal" with Obama? It Takes Two to Blago

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tammy Duckworth, Valerie Jarrett, Patrick Fitzgerald, Cheryle Jackson, Jan Schakowsky, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Jesse Jackson Jr., Erick Whitaker, Senate, Barack Obama, Gregory Craig, Lisa Madigan, Greg Craig, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Why was Rod Blagojevich so convinced his deals were being shot down by the Obama folks, when the Obama folks claim they didn't even know deals were being suggested?

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Blagojevich Lawyers Want Emanuel, Jarrett And Jackson Jr. To Testify At Impeachment Hearings

CBS 2 | Posted 01.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Impeachment Hearings, Valerie Jarrett, Blagojevich Corruption, Rahm Emanuel, Blagojevich Impeachment Panel, Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr., House Impeachment Committee, Blagojevich Scandal, Ed Genson, Rahm Emanuel Blagojevich, Blagojevich Impeachment, Chicago News

In a dramatic development in the ongoing impeachment proceedings, lawyers for Gov. Rod Blagojevich want two key aides to President-elect Barack Obama ...

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Obama's Audacity of Hope Collides Head-On with Ill. Gov. Blagojevich's Audacity of Greed

Mario Almonte | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Robert Gates, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Janet Napolitano, Obama's Cabinet, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Politics News
Mario Almonte

As the election of Barack Obama demonstrates, hope is a powerful catalyst for real change. But in the euphoria of anticipation of a new beginning in ...

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Emanuel Had Direct Talks With Blagojevich But No Wrongdoing: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Senate Seat, Valerie Jarrett, Blagojevich Tapes, Obama Senate Replacement, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Scandal, Blagojevich Emanuel Conversations, Blagojevich Probe, Rahm Emanuel Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Investigation, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previ...

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Emanuel Pushed Jarrett For Senate: Report

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Emanuel Blagojevich Contact, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Tapes, Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Obama Administration, Blagojevich Probe, Rahm Emanuel Blagojevich, Emanuel Valerie Jarrett, Blagojevich Investigation, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama's incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was pushing for Obama's successor just days after the Nov. 4 election, sources t...

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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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Rahm Emanuel Avoids Reporters' Blagojevich Questions

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman and Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Corruption, Valerie Jarrett, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Emanuel Blagojevich Complaint, Emanuel Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel Blagojevich, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, refused to take questions from reporters this morning about whether he was the Obama "adv...

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Blagojevich Conference Call Mystery: Who Was On The Line From Washington?

wsj.com | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Among the hundreds of hours of conversations involving Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich secretly recorded by the FBI since Oct. 29, one phone call is dra...

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Who Did In Blagojevich?

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Senate Seat, Patrick Fitzgerald, Valerie Jarrett, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Indictment, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Rod Blagojevich Indictment, Blagojevich Corruption, Chicago News

The demise of Rod Blagojevich continues to make so much news, I almost don't know where to start. Take the man himself. Just how idiotic is it for so...

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Obama Fends Off Attempts To Tie Him To Blagojevich

AP | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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WASHINGTON — Though Barack Obama isn't accused of anything, the charges against his home-state governor _ concerning Obama's own Senate seat no ...

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Obama White House Adds Two More Chicagoans

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Strautmanis, Obama White House, Obama Administration Chicago, Valerie Jarrett, Tina Tchen, Strautmanis Obama, Chicago White House, Obama White House Appointments, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Christina Tchen, Obama White House Staff, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama added two more Chicagoans to his White House team Friday. Michael Strautmanis, who was Obama's Chief Counsel in the Sen...

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Obama's Inner Circle (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gibbs, Greg Craig, President Obama, Pete Rouse, Slidehuge, Obama Gibbs, Obama Axelord, Obama Emanuel, David Axelrod, Obama Jarrett, Obama Inner Circle, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Craig, Obama Rouse, Valerie Jarrett, Obama Transition, Slideshow, Politics News

Obama's inner circle of advisers who will guide him in the White House represents a mix of longtime political associates from Chicago and well-connect...

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Michelle Obama On Senior Adviser Jarrett: "She Knows The Buttons, The Soft Spots"

NY Times | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Obama Transition, Obama Valerie Jarrett, Michelle Obama Valerie Jarrett, Politics News

On a dark afternoon last week, the road to Jerusalem and Beijing momentarily veered through the office of a real estate company here. Valerie Jarrett...

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Obama To Name Desiree Rogers White House Social Secretary

Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Social Life, Desiree Rogers White House Social Secretary, Obama White House, White House Social Secretary, Valerie Jarrett, Obama Administraiton, Fobs, Desiree Rogers, Obama Family, Obama Transition, Desiree Rogers White House, DesiréE Rogers, Desiree Rodgers, Desiree Rogers Obama, Obama Social Secretary, Chicago News

Prominent Chicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers will be named the White House social secretary, according to a series of news reports. The 49-year-old...

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Valerie Jarrett: 'Incredibly Plugged In,' For Better And Worse

Chicago Tribune | Laurie Cohen and Ray Gibson | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Obama White House, Valerie Jarrett, Habitat Co., Valerie Jarrett Habitat, President Obama, Valerie Jarrett Obama, Valerie Jarrett Senior Advisor, Valerie Jarrett Grove Parc, Chicago News

Valerie Jarrett--pal of a U.S. president-elect, confidant of the country's most powerful mayor and veteran of corporate boardrooms--has perfected the...

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Obama's New Senior Advisor: Who Is Valerie Jarrett?

Lynn Sweet | Lynn Sweet on November 15, 2008 12:57 PM | Posted 12.16.2008 | Chicago

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Obama Names Valerie Jarrett Senior White House Advisor

Posted 12.15.2008 | Chicago

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President-elect Barack Obama has formally named his friend Valerie Jarrett to be a senior adviser in the White House. Her official title will be "se...

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Obama's Urban Policy Office: Role For Architects?

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Urban Policy Office, Valerie Jarrett, President Obama, Architecture, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Obama Urban Policy, Architects Obama Administration, Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Chicago News

With a variety of news outlets reporting that Barack Obama will form an Office of Urban Policy to coordinate the new administration's efforts on citie...

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Chicago: Second Again

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Barack Obama, Cardinal Francis George, Chicago Politics, Valerie Jarrett, Second City, Valerie Jarrett Meet the Press, President Obama, The Chicago Way, Mary Mitchell, Second City Complex, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

With the election of Barack Obama, the urban orbits have shifted. After Washington, D.C., Chicago has won Second City status once again, based on politics rather than population.

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How Nice Is It to Finally Have a Smart President?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Michael Brown, Valerie Jarrett, Bill Maher, Harriet Miers, US Auto Industry, Monica Goodling, Obama Press Conference, Anti-Intellectualism, George Monbiot, George W. Bush, Oil, Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

At Obama's press conference, the tone and thoughts on the problems facing the country were of a level we haven't seen since the Bush brood took over the White House.

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Bipartisanship Gone Wrong: A Cautionary Tale for the Next Administration

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Meet the Press, Congress, Bipartisanship, State Children's Health Insurance Program, President Obama, Politics, Obama Transition, Nbc, Bill Clinton, Policy, Health Care, Gridlock, Valerie Jarrett, Schip, State Children's Health, Politics News
Elizabeth Rigby

My hope that the Obama administration eschews the typical form of crafted bipartisanship characterized by short-term compromises that gloss over ideological differences.

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Obama To Establish Urban Policy Office

Washington Post | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, White House Office of Urban Policy, President Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama Urban Policy, Obama Urban Policy, Obama Staff, Politics News

The intense back-stabbing amongst Democrats for top jobs in the Obama administration assumes there are a fixed number of jobs worth having. But it's l...

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Obama Is Hiring: Job Change You Can Believe In

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama Presidential Transition, change.gov, Valerie Jarrett, Economy, Joe Trippi, Obama, Adam Barr, Job Market, Transition, Obama White House, Unemployment, Campaign Workers, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Transition Team, Hiring, Business News
Andrea Chalupa

Now that the election is over, campaign staffers, like some 2.8 million Americans, find themselves out of a job. What are their options?

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Obama Friends To Shakeup Washington Social Scene

Crain's Chicago Business | Shia Kapos | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Social Life, Valerie Jarrett, DC Social Scene, Penny Pritzker, President Obama, Washington Social Circuit, Obama Entertaining, Washington Social Scene, David Plouffe, Buffy Cafritz, David Axelrod, Desiree Rogers, John Rogers, Linda Johnson Rice, Neal Zucker, State Dinner, Chicago News

As a new first family prepares to replace the drapes in the White House, their Washington neighbors are abuzz about the changes coming to what has bec...

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The Friends Of Barack: Obama's Real Inner Circle

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Friends of Barack, Fobs, Marty Nesbitt, President Obama, Fob, Valerie Jarrett Obama, Eric Whitaker, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Obama Friends, Chicago News

At a tense point in Barack Obama's campaign, his closest friends got together and decided that, whatever it took, they would make him laugh. It was e...

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