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Sweet Polly Purebred — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:25:55 -0000

This link is from the Dec 8 Sun Times. It may be a bit old but with hindsight, I should have connected the dots....
"December 8, 2008

The sentencing of former Democratic National Committee fund-raiser Joseph Cari Jr. has been delayed at the request of prosecutors.

It's a sign the feds want to use Cari as a witness -- again.

Cari, who has admitted guilt in a corruption case, is a former campaign fund-raiser for Vice President-elect Joe Biden, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Blagojevich. He was supposed to be sentenced months ago, after he testified against Tony Rezko, the former fund-raiser for Blagojevich and President-elect Barack Obama. But that was put off, and no new date has been set.

At Rezko's trial, Cari testified that Blagojevich told him he planned to reward big campaign donors with state contracts. The governor has denied having that conversation.
Cari pleaded guilty more than three years ago..."

http://www.suntimes.com/new...

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Sap — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:21:37 -0000

Funny

http://www.suntimes.com/com...

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Yellow Dog Democrat — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:02:10 -0000

MSNBC reports that Deputy Governor Louanner Peters is "Senate Candidate 4".

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Been There — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:22:47 -0000

Blagojevich's Promise to Mom: 'I'll Never Take Bribes'
2006 DNC Video: 'Not Only Would That Be Dishonest, It Would Be Illegal'
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and KATE McCARTHY
December 11, 2008
Governor Rod Blagojevich promised his mother he would always be honest and "never take bribes," according to a 2006 video posted online by the Democratic National Committee

http://abcnews.go.com/Blott...

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OneMan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:15:47 -0000

A story about how interviewing with Blago was a bit strange... (He spent a lot of time talking about Hamilton)

http://politicalwire.com/ar...

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zeke — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:04:17 -0000

The $1.4B certificate sale that was to be conducted today has apparently been delayed until Tues 12/16. You can see the updated addendum to the sale at munios.com.

Also, Bond Buyer is reporting that S&P has placed IL under negative watch. That means higher borrowing costs on the delayed certificate sale and future bond sales. This was likely coming someday, but was hastened by the charges against the Governor.

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True Observer — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:23:11 -0000

"Good for Obama: he now pledges to release a list of all staff contacts with the governorâ€™s office:"

You're being a little hasty.

Notice he didn't say when.

Time to go back and look at the definition of "is".

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Kevin Highland — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:21:47 -0000

the politico link is:
http://www.politico.com/new...

the period at the end of the sentence messed it up

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White Rabbit — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:18:51 -0000

An opinion piece out of New York:
http://www.norwichbulletin....

"Just call Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich the Joe Montana of politics. Much like the Hall of Fame quarterback, famed for his late-in-the-game scoring drives, Blagojevich has stormed down the field in the closing minutes of 2008 to eclipse Eliot Spitzer as Most Disgraced Governor of the Year."

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Levois — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:18:35 -0000

The AP has a video of the governor on his way to work. I will assume that this was filmed today.

http://tinyurl.com/6ozur6

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home sick — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:18:17 -0000

http://emptywheel.firedogla...

Looks like Jessie Sr. has hired an attorney too. Emmisary, anybody?

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Speaking at Will — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:01:44 -0000

the link to the politico story seems to be dead.

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ZC — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:49:44 -0000

Good for Obama: he now pledges to release a list of all staff contacts with the governor's office:
http://www.politico.com/new.... Exactly what he needs to do.

Beyond that, he's no longer Illinois' Senator. Once he's demonstrated his distance from the Blago scandal, he's got much more important things to do than be expected to comment on its every twist and turn hereout.

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Anon — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:28:53 -0000

Colbert Report on Blago (I know it isnt breaking, but it is classic):

http://blog.indecision2008....