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Morning retrokitten. I knew I was leaving someone off my ping list this morning. I apologize. Not enough coffee yet.

Washington Post in full spin mode now...LOL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146189/posts

maggief posted an article yesterday from the WP from awhile back (during the wiretapping) where they curiously started trying to distance Obama from Blago by inserting this wierd sentence in an article that ‘Obama and Blago were not close’...lol

maggie...do you remember where that article is on FR? It would be great to post it in this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146189/posts

or better yet at the comment section at the WP.....LOL!!

Note: This is the beginning of the time period when the wiretaps stopped in the complaint.

See notable dates here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2146019/posts?page=112#112

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Governor pushed to pick Obama ‘s replacement - Senate resignation takes effect on Sunday
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, November 14, 2008
Author: Rick Pearson and John McCormick, TRIBUNE REPORTERS
President-elect Barack Obama ‘s decision to step down from his U.S. Senate seat Sunday has ratcheted up the pressure on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to name a successor more quickly than planned , sources close to the governor said Thursday.

No decision is expected before the U.S. Senate begins its lame-duck session on Monday, sources familiar with the governor’s deliberations said. Blagojevich has only said he would name a successor before the end of the year, and his office declined comment Thursday.

“Obviously, it will speed things up,” said one source close to Blagojevich , who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the selection process. “But this is about picking a U.S. senator. This will still be a very deliberative process.”

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/13/AR2008111304273.html

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 .