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The UK Guardian is reporting that Blago has made a deal. Blagojevich is expected today to respond to calls for him to quit. According to the Illinois attorney general, Lisa Madigan, he will either resign or agree temporarily to step aside in a deal that would allow him to keep…
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The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had more than one conversation with Blago about the soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. According to the article, Emanuel delivered a list a candidates Obama would accept. Did Emanuel do this without Obama’s direction? Does anyone reading here believe Obama…
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Ed Rendell is an outspoken PA Governor who is not shy about his views. He follows his pattern in a report this morning from Politico.com. “They have never been in an executive position before,” Rendell said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “The rule of thumb is whatever you did, say it…
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Lots of focus today on the two-hour conference call between Blago’s Illinois team and some unnamed advisors and consultants in Washington DC. Although I do not understand Obama’s legalistic denials of contact with Blago, it appears that he did not authorize any deals over the Senate seat. His first choice…
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Watching C-Span2 while grading papers. The auto bailout has failed. Came down to Union wage concessions; there weren’t any. Various Senators are thanking their staffs and Harry Reid is banging on about how bad things are. Barbara Boxer is now saying if you didn’t vote for the bailout you don’t…
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I called KHQA to ask why the station twice reported a meeting between Governor Rod Blagojevich and President-elect Barack Obama. I asked to speak to the public relations staff but was not allowed to do so. The receptionist wanted to know the reason for my call which I explained. Then…
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No mention here of a meeting with President-elect Obama. But Rod “Show Me the Money” Blagojevich puts on a good show: In light of yesterday’s criminal complaint, there are quite a few SNL skits begging to be written. Stunning, just stunning. Some quotes and points of interest in this tape:…
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He says he didn’t but this article scrubbed from a Quincy, IL television stations sure sounds like he intended to and Blago’s office sure implied they met. Read on. By Carol Sowers Wednesday, November 05, 2008 at 10:39 a.m. CHICAGO, ILL. — Now that Barack Obama will be moving to…
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I quoted Nickerson in my prior post on confirmation bias. His article is quite good and can be reviewed here. I like this quote in the article attributed to Francis Bacon: The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being…
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It is starting to look like Jesse Jackson, Jr. is the one labeled Senate Candidate 5 in the Blago complaint. In reading the complaint (really just stunning stuff), I came to the tentative opinion that Jesse Jackson, Jr., was the guy. Jackson had met with Blago for “productive” conversations and…
