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Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned. . . .Michelle Malkin notes an ABC report that Emanuel is "pissed" about negative press coverage of his role in the scandal.
Obama said Thursday he had never spoken to Blagojevich about the Senate vacancy and was "confident that no representatives" of his had engaged in any dealmaking over the seat with the governor or his team. . . .
Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be "acceptable" to Obama, the source said. On the list were Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, state Comptroller Dan Hynes and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago, the source said. All are Democrats.
Sometime after the election, Emanuel called Harris back to add the name of Democratic Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan to the approved list, the source said.
UPDATE: Ed Morrissey:
[N]o one would be surprised to hear that Emanuel and Obama had enough interest in the latter’s replacement to get in contact with the man who would normally make that appointment, Governor Blagojevich. . . .It's not the crime, it's the cover-up.
However, Barack Obama and his team chose not to give that honest and common-sense explanation. Instead, they issued categorical denials that Obama and his staff had contacted Blagojevich or his staff about the succession. It’s a mystifying claim, and one that will apparently get proven false fairly easily.
Only mystifying to Ed.
ReplyDeleteObama has lied about detail after detail of this life and career -- and the MSM has covered for his lies time after time after time.
The mystery can only come when Obama stops doing what he's always done -- why his character would suddenly transform into something that it has never been.
Get a clue, Ed.
"they issued categorical denials that Obama and his staff had contacted Blagojevich or his staff about the succession. It’s a mystifying claim"
"It's not the crime, it's the cover-up."
ReplyDeleteWell move over Dick Nixon!
There are crimes been commited by them varmints at Team Obamy....
Robert, you can suggest all you wan that there was something criminal about--gasp--Team Obama wanting the Senate replacement to be a Democrat!!!
Look out!
Team Obama selected some names as possible replacements for his seat.Remind me, what law did they break?
Ahhh, keep making a mountain out of a molehill. You're only digging yourself into a ditch....