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  • Will Chris Christie go big, tap Geraldo Rivera for Senate?

    06/04/2013 10:35:17 AM PDT · by South40 · 76 replies
    Yahoo News (CSM) ^ | 6/4/2013 | Peter Grier
    In January, Geraldo Rivera said he was thinking of running in 2014 for Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s seat. Now, after the senator's passing, Gov. Chris Christie has the politically perilous task of naming a replacement. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) needs to pick a replacement for the Garden State’s Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday. As many pundits note, this is a task that’s fraught with political peril for Governor Christie: Pick someone deemed too liberal by conservatives, and he damages his presidential chances. Pick someone deemed too conservative by Democrats, and he damages his standing in his own blue-tinged...
  • 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...