Posted on 12/09/2008 12:24:40 PM PST by Sub-Driver
'Senate Candidate 5'
Capitol Fax's Rich Miller updates the state of the speculation on the identity of "Senate Candidate 5," the public official who -- from the complaint -- appears to be in the most jeopardy, aside from Blagojevich and Harris. "Senate Candidate 5." He thinks its either Emil Jones or Jesse Jackson, Jr., though it's conceivable that others would fit the description.
Though Fitzgerald warned us not to cast aspersions based on Blagojevich's version of other people's words, this is the damning quote: “We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator.”
Here's what we know. Candidate 5 is:
-"publicly reported to be interested in the open Senate seat"
- not who Blagojevich thought Obama wanted
- not someone with whom, by November 10, Blagojevich had a "long, productive discussion"
- someone with fundraising wherewithal who could produce something "tangible up front"
- someone Blago was "getting a lot of pressure" not to appoint
- someone with whom Blago had "a prior bad experience...not keeping his word"
The complaint also says that on November 10, Blagojevich told an advisor to leak to the Sun-Times's Michael Sneed that Blagojevich "is seriously considering Senate Candidate 5 for the open Senate seat" and that the advisor agreed to call the Sun-Times to leak the story, apparently false, that Blagojevich end of the conversation Advisor A agreed to call the Sun Times columnist to leak the story had a “long, productive discussion” with Candidate 5.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Client No. 9?
It has to be that turkey running this thing, doesn't it?
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Didn’t JJJ have a meeting w/Blago recently? Then he went on to praise the Gov’s ability to make the right decision. My money’s on Jackson.
Senate Candidate #1 (who Obama wanted) is a WOMAN.
Curious that Fitz did not hold off until Candidate 5 tried to make the “buy”.
No one who has been publicly connected to Blago in any way is going to be appointed to that Senate seat now.
A woman? Alice Palmer? Carol Mosley Braun?
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1209081rod17.html
Valerie Jarrett?
I don’t think it’s Emil Jones. He can’t afford a haircut, much less $1million.
However, with the shakedown Jackson. Thats a different story.
“Candidate number 6, believed to be a wealthy person from Illinois and could help raise money”
Duckworth?
Rep Jan Schakowsky (D-CHGO)
Oprah?
Luis Guitererez. Corrupt and stupid.
Jan “the most liberal congresswoman in Illinois” Schakowsky
That would be my guess!!!
http://www.ipsn.org/indictments/congresswoman_%20schakowskys_husband_indicted.htm
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