Posted on 12/10/2008 1:47:17 PM PST by dascallie
It was in the top list of links a little while ago
which says Obama talked to Blag
Connect Tri States ^ | November 05, 2008 | Carol Sowers
Posted on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30:39 AM by BulletBobCo
CHICAGO, ILL. -- Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled.
That's one of Obama's first priorities today.
He's meeting with Governor Rod Blagojevich this afternoon in Chicago to discuss it.
Illinois law states that the governor chooses that replacement.
There's already been speculation about his selection...from Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Chicago's south side who co-chaired Obama's presidential campaign, to recently-retired state senate president Emil Jones, to the governor himself.
It's likely the governor will make his decision quickly so the new senator will get some seniority before newly-elected senators take office in January.
Part of the timing depends on when Obama officially vacates his senate seat.
KHQA's Alexis Hunt is speaking with Illinois Senator John Sullivan today about his thoughts on that replacement process, his time working with Obama in the state senate, and if there's a chance Sullivan might play a role in the Obama administration. Watch KHQA News at 5:00, 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. tonight to hear what he has to say.
Thanks.
New thread - BREAKING - here.....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146464/posts
BTTT
See post 16 of this tread, it has two screen shots from the two articles that were scrubbed today off the net.
BUMP
Lets not let this go down the memory hole.
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=233822
KHQA TV wishes to offer clarification regarding a story that appeared last month on our website ConnectTristates.com. The story, which discussed the appointment of a replacement for President Elect Obama’in the U.S. Senate, became the subject of much discussion on talk radio and on blog sites Wednesday.
The story housed in our website archive was on the morning of November 5, 2008. It suggested that a meeting was scheduled later that day between President Elect Obama and Illinois Governor Blagojevich. KHQA has no knowledge that any meeting ever took place. Governor Blagojevich did appear at a news conference in Chicago on that date.
Nice scub job
Too bad they haven’t offered an explanation for the missing article from three days later discussing the meeting that Obama HAD with Blago and who they discussed for Senate seat. That one is just “unavailable”.
As I said this morning, to completely delete the article based on a claim by Obama is propoganda. To *UPDATE* the story with a quote from Obama is one thing, but to pretend the article never happened? That is beyond disgusting to me and frightens me.
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