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Axelrod Comments On Open Senate Seat, D.C. Leadership Vacuum
Progress Illinois ^ | 11-23-08 | Josh Kalven

Posted on 12/09/2008 2:38:01 PM PST by Nachum

This morning, David Axelrod appeared on Fox Chicago Sunday and had some notable remarks on both the local and national fronts. He said that President-elect Barack Obama plans to stay out of Prairie State politics once in the White House and doesn't plan on being "a kingmaker or boss here in Illinois." When co-host Dane Placko asked him about the vacant U.S. Senate seat, Axelrod disclosed that the Obama has spoken to Gov. Blagojevich about his replacement. Watch it: ...

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axelrod; blagojevich; bleepgate; comments; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile; open; seat
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Axelrod disclosed that the Obama has spoken to Gov. Blagojevich about his replacement.

1 posted on 12/09/2008 2:38:03 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

http://progressillinois.com/2008/11/23/axelrod-on-fcs


2 posted on 12/09/2008 2:38:27 PM PST by Nachum
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It would be kewl if Axelrod was “advisor B”, the Obummer go-to guy working with Blago from DC...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1209081rod1.html


3 posted on 12/09/2008 2:40:43 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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Obama is merely the puppet for those in Crook County, so of course he won’t get his hands dirty.


4 posted on 12/09/2008 2:41:13 PM PST by sarasota
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To: Nachum
He said that President-elect Barack Obama plans to stay out of Prairie State politics once in the White House and doesn't plan on being "a kingmaker or boss here in Illinois."

Did he say it was above his pay grade?

5 posted on 12/09/2008 2:41:22 PM PST by George Smiley (Palin is the real deal.)
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“OOOPS! Um,Er, Ah,Um...That’s not the Blagojevich that I knew, he’s just some guy from the neighborhood that I never went to church with.”


6 posted on 12/09/2008 2:42:12 PM PST by txroadkill (I am Senate Candidate No. 5)
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0’s campaign is now saying that Axelrod “misspoke.” That’s the most overused word in 0’s vocabulary? /sarc


7 posted on 12/09/2008 2:45:01 PM PST by Dawn531
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If it’s the JOB of the GOVERNOR to Name a Replacement for ANY Senator, WHY would Obama get involved???


8 posted on 12/09/2008 2:49:34 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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According to Obama camp, “Axelrod misspoke”. Convenient eh?

Clinton playbook, deny deny deny.


9 posted on 12/09/2008 2:50:19 PM PST by autumnraine (Churchill: " we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall never surrender")
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Misspoke? More like accidentally telling the truth. If it happened a LONG time ago, it would have been explained that way, but it wasn’t.

Barry O’ is guilty as sin. And it’s a sin he got elected.


10 posted on 12/09/2008 2:50:41 PM PST by HighlyOpinionated ("The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Edmund Burke)
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The truth is he mispoke, the truth is he never heard Obama say that, the truth is Obama never spoke to the govenor, the truth is I never knew of anyone named Obama. Uh!


11 posted on 12/09/2008 3:01:28 PM PST by Always Independent
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