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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

EXCERPT

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.

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Check out my post above.

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LINK: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111304273_2.html

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“Obama, who is not close to Blagojevich, has said he intends to stay out of the discussion about a successor.”

BS!! They were spinning way back then because they knew it was going to hit the fan! GREAT CATCH maggie!! OBAMA and BLAG ‘not close’..but he just was an advisor to his run for Governor in 2002. Oh yeah!... (CUE GIANT EYE ROLL)