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This is a giant game of “chicken”. Obama delayed his internal report until the 22nd, ostensibly to satisfy a request of the U.S. Attorney's office. Then Blago defiantly refuses to step down. I don't think this was what Obama’s folks were looking for. Methinks they are editing that document right now, and up until the moment it is released, hoping that facts outside of their control (information on the tapes) do not contradict them. A smart move by one of the reporters at last week's Obama presser would have been a challenge to Obama to seal the supposedly complete report and deposit it in some neutral third party's control for release on the 22nd. If it was true then it will be true on the 22nd. But Obama needs time to see how things lie on the 22nd to play it then. And the snoozing press is letting it happen.