I went looking and found this on ABC...
“Obama addressed the scandal over his Senate seat Tuesday afternoon, saying, “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening.” But Obama’s senior advisor David Axelrod told a Chicago affiliate of Fox News that Obama had in fact spoken to Blagojevich about his empty Senate seat.”
I assume this would answer pragtroll’s question.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/ConductUnbecoming/story?id=6424985&page=1
Undoubtedly Pragmacratican WAS a lefty troll who came here to embarrass us. OTOH if people continue to post that quote with its supporting photos and can't source it beyond some blog it really isn't the one who points it out that is creating the embarrassment. Is it?