[Liz]

An unidentified source told the Chi/Trib JJJr attended an Oct 31, 2008 meeting sponsored by Oak Brook "businessman" Raghuveer Nayak. The source told the Chi/Trib that Nayak AND Blagojevich aide Rajinder Bedi told attendees a $million to the Governor would ensure JJJr got Obama's Senate seat.

" I been in Congress 13 years. My earmarks totaled $231,000 as of 6/1/07.
There's plenty more where that came from. There's "nothing wrong and nothing
new" about my funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to my wife, Sandi,
a Chicago Alderman."

[BunnySlippers]

He’s learned from the master of manipulation.