Ill. Gov. arrested in Obama successor probe

**jack sommerset** · 12-21-2008

Originally Posted by George Gervin's Afro

The yoni we can expect to hear from for the next 8 yrs.

4.USA is finally getting to know Obama.

**Yonivore** · 12-21-2008

Originally Posted by George Gervin's Afro

The yoni we can expect to hear from for the next 8 yrs.

In response to the Democrats I expect to suffer over the next 4 years...

I wouldn't count on an Obama second term.

**Yonivore** · 12-21-2008

Willie Brown: Barack Obama didn’t like who the governor was about to appoint.

The San Francisco treat of politics, Willie Brown, talked to Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich this week and wrote about it:

Originally Posted by Willie Brown

I wouldn’t bet on him stepping aside anytime soon. If anything, his hand is getting stronger by the day.

I can’t go into details, but my impression is that the whole mess started because the governor had been considering appointing a political rival, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, to the Senate so she wouldn’t be able to run against him when he went up for re-election in 2010.

Apparently, Obama’s people weren’t happy about the idea of Madigan coming to Washington, and there were some pretty heated conversations between Blagojevich and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, which I understand will burn your ears off.

There are 200 hours of tapes. I can see why Blagojevich is staying. He gets his hands on those 200 hours once he’s charged. And if I were President Obama, I’d be sweating over what Rahm Emanuel said.

If I were Emanuel, I’d hang on to my congressional seat a little while longer.

I'm beginning to wonder just how many of Obama's first string is going to make to the White House with him.

**Oh, Gee!!** · 12-22-2008

I know this is a bit like McCain's campaign saying Palin was cleared in Troopergate before the actual hearing, but Obama is saying Rahm did nothing wrong. Obama has Rahm's back on this one.

Read the story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_152664.html

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**ChumpDumper** · 12-22-2008

Originally Posted by the guy Yoni can't go a day without robbing

The real battle of Blagojevich

Willie Brown: Barack Obama didn’t like who the governor was about to appoint.

The San Francisco treat of politics, Willie Brown, talked to Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich this week and wrote about it:

I wouldn’t bet on him stepping aside anytime soon. If anything, his hand is getting stronger by the day.

I can’t go into details, but my impression is that the whole mess started because the governor had been considering appointing a political rival, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, to the Senate so she wouldn’t be able to run against him when he went up for re-election in 2010.

Apparently, Obama’s people weren’t happy about the idea of Madigan coming to Washington, and there were some pretty heated conversations between Blagojevich and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, which I understand will burn your ears off.

So there you have it. This is about hardball politics, not pay-to-play, although Blagojevich does that too. It is about Obama wanting to give the seat to Valerie Jarrett and Blagojevich trying to bury a rival in Washington.

Again, what are the charges? Talking about selling the seat? Getting people to raise campaign cash? The wife angry at anti-Blagojevich editorials saying the local newspaper should fire the editor? That’s a crime? Really? Cause , I have a little list of mine own of indictables if that is the standard.

There are 200 hours of tapes. I can see why Blagojevich is staying. He gets his hands on those 200 hours once he’s charged. And if I were President Obama, I’d be sweating over what Rahm Emanuel said.

If I were Emanuel, I’d hang on to my congressional seat a little while longer.

In typical Willie Brown fashion, the pols’ pol has the answer, writing: “Of course, if that doesn’t fly, Blagojevich could always call Caroline Kennedy and tell her, ‘If New York doesn’t work out, we got a seat for you right here’.”

http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber...f-blagojevich/