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Blagojevich Indicted
Filed under: Illinois Politics | Tagged: blagojevich, cellini, charges, chicago, fitzgerald, former, governor, harris, illinois, impeached, indicted, indictment, jail, kelly, monk, prison, rezko, robert, rod, time | Leave a Comment »
The Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich just did the unthinkable. This afternoon, the embattled democratic governor named Illinois lawyer and politician, Roland Burris as the person to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Obama resigned from the U.S. Senate after winning the Presidential election in November.
Illinois has been in the national spotlight since Blaogjevich was arrested earlier this month under [...]
Filed under: Illinois Politics | Tagged: blago, blagojevich, burris, chicago, corruption, fitzgerald, illinois, obama, patty, politics, rod, roland, seat, sell, senate | Leave a Comment »
more about “Questions Remain“, posted with vodpod
Filed under: Illinois Politics, Video | Tagged: advisor, appointment, axelrod, blagojevich, chicago, corruption, david, election, emanuel, governor, illinois, investigation, obama, rahm, rod, seat, senate, Special | 1 Comment »
more about “People’s Seat“, posted with vodpod
Filed under: Illinois Politics, Video | Tagged: advisor, appointment, axelrod, blagojevich, chicago, corruption, david, election, emanuel, governor, illinois, investigation, obama, pat, quinn, rahm, rod, seat, senate, Special | Leave a Comment »
Illinois politics is about to receive a face-lift. The fallout from the recent investigation and arrest of Governor Blagojevich will be widespread and have long lasting effects. First to feel the blast of course is the corrupt Governor himself, affectionately known as Blago. He will surely be joining his predecessor for a few years at [...]
Filed under: Illinois Politics | Tagged: arrest, axelrod, axlerod, blagojevich, charged, chicago, corrupt, david, emanuel, governor, illinois, jackson, jesse, jr, obama, politcs, rahm, rod | Leave a Comment »
Today, in a “not so surprising” move the F.B.I. arrested Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on federal corruption charges. What was unexpected, was the news that he was trying to sell the senate seat that Barack Obama left vacant to prepare for the presidency. The governor was taken into custody at his home, on charges of seeking bribes in exchange [...]
Filed under: Election 2008, Illinois Politics | Tagged: advisor, arrested, blago, blagojevich, bribes, charged, chicago, cook, corruption, county, crime, crook, daley, durbin, ethical, ethics, fbi, federal, feds, governor, illinois, impeach, impeachment, jackson, madigan, obama, pay to play, politics, quinn, reform, resign, resignation, rod, sale, seat, senate, springfield, transition | Leave a Comment »
The Obama campaign may be ignoring national and/or state election and gaming laws. Specifically, for offering the chance to “Win a front row seat to history” if you make a donation.
This is not the first time the Obama camp has tried to pull off this scheme. Last July, the campaign was forced by gambling regulators to change the rules [...]
Filed under: Election 2008 | Tagged: campaign, cbs, chicago, election, gambling, gaming, illeagal, laws, lottery, mike parker, obama, raffle | 1 Comment »
Barrak Obama’s Action Wire has sent an email regarding a segment on Chicago’s WGN radio, Am 720 featuring Stanley Kurtz. Apparently the Obama camp does not want the people to hear what this man has to say about Obama’s link to William Ayers, and who knows what else.
Full text of the email is posted below:
In [...]
Filed under: Election 2008 | Tagged: 1st amendment, am720, campaign, chicago, DNC, Election 2008, free speech, McCain, nobama, obama, radio, Stanley kurtz, wgn, william ayers | 2 Comments »
