Governor Rod Blagojevich

Governor Rod Blagojevich

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Harry Reid v. the Constitution If Roland Burris isn't fit for the Senate, how is Chris Dodd? An Illinois court will eventually decide if Governor Rod Blagojevich is guilty of corruption. But on at least one issue he is more law-abiding than Majority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democrats: the seating of Roland Burris to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. AP Roland Burris and Rod Blagojevich. Mr. Blagojevich appointed Mr. Burris to represent Illinois on Tuesday, ahead of the official start of the 111th Congress next week. This was certainly an act of brash defiance given that nearly everyone had warned the ... Read Full Story
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By Wayne Barrett Tuesday, March 10th 2009 at 2:42pm When Mike Bloomberg named Bradley Tusk to run his $80 million re-election campaign in December, the mayor took pains to explain that his new 35-year-old hire was not tainted by his most prominent prior employer—Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who had been arrested just three days earlier. Tusk "never had anything to do with parts of that administration," Bloomberg told the Times . He knew this, he explained, because Tusk, Blagojevich's first-term Deputy Governor, had told him so, bringing it up himself "to make sure we were aware of the issues" before he was given the ... Read Full Story
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President-Elect Spurned Illinois Governor on Pick for Successor to His Senate Seat -- And the Tough-Talking Blagojevich Reacted With an Obscenity-Laced Tirade Against Him, Trancscripts of FBI Wiretaps Show; Republicans Already Smelling Blood 40 Days Before Inauguration Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois speaks as then-Senator Barack Obama listens during a news conference in St. Louis in this June 20, 2005 file photo. Federal authorities arrested Blagojevich on Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the now-president-elect to the highest bidder. Blagojevich has defied calls by Obama and others to resign. (File photo: James A. ... Read Full Story
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Welcome back, folks. This week, Reed and I are revisiting political matters, mostly because there's a lot to discuss, but also because we sense our readers prefer political topics to non-political ones. Feel free to correct our assumption if it's wrong. The coin flip has me arguing this week that the United States Senate should not block the seating of former Illinois Attorney General, Roland Burris, as Barack Obama's replacement. My arguing this position requires that indicted Governor, Rod Blagojevich, was within his legal rights to make this appointment (which I believe he was), and, further, that the Illinois Supreme Court will either force ... Read Full Story
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CHICAGO, Illinois — Ousted Governor Rod Blagojevich doesn't seem to mind being the butt of a theatrical joke. Blagojevich got in on the joke Saturday evening, appearing as himself in a comedy show that lampoons the rise and fall of his own political career. He opened The Second City's "Rod Blagojevich Superstar," a parody of the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar," standing on a chair with his arms raised as if he were being crucified. more HERE Read Full Story
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Washington TimesBlagojevich's Brother Seeks Separate TrialMyStateline.com(Chicago, IL) -- Indicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich could be going to trial all by himself next year. An attorney for Blagojevich's brother, ...Judge: Blago trial to start in JuneABC7Chicago.comJudge Denies Blagojevich Motion to Delay TrialChicago Public RadioPower broker dropped as defendant from Blago trialThe Associated Pressall 244 news articles »  
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In a day of developments, impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich says that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on other pending cases could free him of most of the federal corruption charges against him.  
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WASHINGTON, July 8, 2009 -- The attorney representing Robert Blagojevich, brother of ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, in the "honest services" case charging Blagojevich and five others with fraud and corruption, says he will ask for public ...  
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The Problem With Illinois Politics? It's the Hair (Blagojevich's, That Is)Wall Street Journal (blog)In Illinois, impeached governor Rod Blagojevich's faux-bouffant is — rightly or wrongly — virtually analogous with cronyism, fraud and bribery. ...and more »  
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge whittled down the list of defendants for Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, dropping Springfield power broker William Cellini and leaving only the former governor and his brother. And Michael Ettinger — an attorney  
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