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  • Blago: I Was Offered Deal To Stay On If I Agreed Not To Appoint Senator

    02/03/2009 5:16:26 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 51 replies · 1,673+ views
    FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Blago was the last person I expected to turn up on Today this morning. But there he was at the end of the first half-hour. And it seems like he might have broken some news. He twice told Meredith Vieira that members of the Illinois state senate offered him a deal that would have allowed him to serve out his term as governor if he agreed to act as a “ghost” governor, and in particular would not appoint a replacement to Barack Obama’s US senate seat. ROD BLAGOJEVICH: "I don’t see myself at all as being shamed or disgraced. I...