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Blagojevich sends warning to Obama
Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition (IL) - Saturday, September 20, 2008
Author: Chicago Tribune
Democratic Gov. Blagojevich warned home-state presidential contender Barack Obama he is falling into a Republican trap by siding against the governor in a battle over ethics legislation that is dominating state politics.
Blagojevich ‘s aggressive fundraising is the target of the original ethics bill, which was overwhelmingly supported by Democrats and Republicans alike in the state legislature. It would prohibit state contractors and those seeking state business worth $50,000 or more from donating to the official who doles out the work. The governor rewrote the bill to include a variety of side issues and critics charge Blagojevich ‘s move was an attempt to sabotage the original measure.
On Thursday, Senate President Emil Jones said he bowed to a request from Obama and agreed to call senators into session next week to consider an override of Blagojevich ‘s changes, which the House has previously done. Obama was trying to forestall a home-state controversy involving Jones, his political godfather, from becoming an issue on the national campaign trail.
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Check this out and note the date! VR out per her statement to the Trib, and Durbin runs interference. IMO, the sh!t hit the fan around 11/12/08.
Obama Leaving Senate on Sunday - President-Elect to Bypass Special Session on Financial Crisis
Washington Post, The (DC) - Friday, November 14, 2008
Author: Michael A. Fletcher and Peter Slevin, Washington Post Staff Writers
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Obama, who is not close to Blagojevich, has said he intends to stay out of the discussion about a successor. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) said this week that he hopes to discuss a shortlist of his own with Blagojevich.
What a rat’s nest. We have pictures of Emil with Auchi too as I recall from a few months back. Barack plays the Chicago game and every reporter worth their salt knows it. They also know that Rezko and Blago have connections going back years to both..but now we are suppose to believe that Obama,Axelrod and Rahm are all clean as the driven snow!
My contempt for the media cannot possibly get any worse.
Anybody ever think that maybe Blogo knew he was being taped and started saying stuff about Obama to exculpate Obama out of the picture? Maybe some of his tapes were bluffs.