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  • No taint seen on Prez-elect, but Rahm Emanuel gave a wishlist for Senate

    12/13/2008 9:40:07 PM PST · by STARWISE · 87 replies · 2,793+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | 12-13-08 | Celeste Katz
    President-elect Barack Obama's right-hand man reportedly gave the disgraced Blagojevich administration a list of four women Obama considered acceptable to fill his U.S. Senate seat. Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman who will serve as Obama's White House chief of staff, was heard discussing the issue on court-approved wiretaps with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff, the Chicago Tribune said. The candidates "acceptable" to Obama on the list Emanuel provided included a trio of female Democrats: longtime Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago Emanuel later added a fourth Democratic...