You rock! Were we right or what? I would say that our assumptions are correct on the Trib tipping off Obama, but I suspect that it was a bit late for some on the O team and perhaps O himself. We have Axelrod saying one thing now and Obama another. Somebody is lying. Will Obama throw Axelrod under the bus next? Axelrod knows where all the bodies are buried so to speak.
You called it first, p!
Rezko and Blago know where bodies are buried too!
Still have the unnamed “others,” including JJJ. :)
Jarrett out of Senate race - Obama friend takes name off eligible list
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Thursday, November 13, 2008
Author: Rick Pearson and John McCormick, TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Gov. Rod Blagojevich had been giving Valerie Jarrett serious consideration to become Illinois’ next senator, but the close friend and adviser to President-elect Barack Obama took herself out of the running on Wednesday.
Although Jarrett is potentially poised to play an important role in an Obama White House, her withdrawal complicates the political calculations Blagojevich faces in replacing the lone African-American member of the Senate.
Jarrett gave the Democratic governor the option of appointing a prominent African-American woman from Chicago to Obama ‘s seat while also having Illinois represented by a long-standing friend of the next occupant of the Oval Office. Now, Blagojevich finds himself trying to measure the political benefits and pitfalls of choosing from a raft of candidates who lack her White House clout but are far more eager to be his pick.
“The list is now shorter,” said one surprised Blagojevich confidant, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the selection process.
Sources close to the governor said representatives for Obama had floated Jarrett's name on a regular basis. But after days of speculation, including recent reports that Obama personally favored her as his replacement, she sent an e-mail to the Tribune Wednesday (November 12, 2008) afternoon declaring, “I am not interested in the Senate seat.”
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