And The Winner Is…President Barack Obama?!?!

Obama Gets Nobel Peace Prize

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State Attorneys General Disagree On Second Amendment

State Attorneys General Disagree On Second Amendment

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Blago Indicted

Well, it finally happened:
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his brother, and a former top fundraiser were among six men indicted today on political corruption charges, the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago announced.
In addition to Rob Blagojevich, 53, and fundraiser Christopher Kelly, 50, charged were Lon Monk, 50, a lobbyist and former Blagojevich chief of staff; John [...]

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Burris To Run For Re-Election?

Does the man have absolutely no shame at all? This should make for some really fun commercials from the Illinois GOP.

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A “Burris” Under The Saddle?

A “Burris” Under The Saddle

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Illinois Governor Quinn Has A Plan If Burris Resigns (And Other Dreams)

Human Events’ Ron Gizzi caught up with Gov. Quinn the other day, and got some good info:
Twenty-four hours after he called for the resignation of newly-appointed fellow Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris, Gov. Pat Quinn told HUMAN EVENTS that he hopes his old friend is reflecting on the growing calls for him to exit the [...]

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Questions For Illinois and Senate Democrats

The Chicago Tribune has some very good questions:
By what he said and what he chose not to say, Roland Burris lied his way into the United States Senate. Our questions, then, for leaders of Burris’ Democratic Party:
Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Harry Reid, Mayor Richard Daley, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois Senate [...]

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Burris Admits Trying To Raise Funds For Blagojevich

I think the fat lady is warming up just off-stage…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – U.S. Sen. Roland Burris now acknowledges attempting to raise money for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich — an explosive twist in his ever-changing story on how he landed a coveted Senate appointment from the man accused of trying to sell the seat.
Burris made the [...]

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President Obama And The Caterpillar

Obama And Caterpillar

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Bye-Bye, Blago

Blago got a double whammy today.
First, the Illinois State Senate unanimously ousted him from the Governor’s Office.
Then, they pass–again unanimously–a law that forbids him from ever holding office in that state again.
Next up, the criminal trial. And we will soon see if Blago is gonna start talking to prosecutors, dropping names of those that he [...]

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Rahm Emanuel’s Calls Reportedly On Fitzgerald’s Blagojevich Tapes

Uh-oh… here’s the Chicago Way heading right into the middle of the Obama transition team:
Sneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds — dealing with his boss’ vacant Senate seat!
A lot of chit-chat?
Hot air?
Or trouble?
So, that raises the question… when Obama says [...]

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The Timeline of Blago-gate

The legal minds at the Volokh conspiracy have put together a timeline of the Senate-seat-for-sale part of Blago-gate, and it’s quite interesting. They summarize it:
From the evening of Nov. 10 until yesterday, Blagojevich, Obama, and his transition team acted in ways that are consistent with a knowledge of Blagojevich’s bribery attempt and a rejection of [...]

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Two Good Chicago Democrats

Now here’s an action by Chicago Democrats I can get behind.
(Crain’s) — The state’s top two legislative leaders Tuesday said they will move fast to seize control of the process of selecting a replacement for Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, taking that power away from Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
In separate statements, House Speaker Michael Madigan [...]

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Blagojevich and Obama’s Seat

Chicago-style corruption at it’s best… or worst:
By law, after the President-elect’s resignation of his position as a U.S. Senator, which was effective on November 16, 2008, [Illinois Governor] ROD BLAGOJEVICH [Democrat] has sole authority to appoint his replacement for the two years remaining of the President-elect’s Senate term. During the course of this investigation, agents [...]

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