"Rahm Emanuel talked to governor's office about who should fill Obama's Senate Seat" by Bob Secter of the Chicago Tribune confirms the probable - that Barack Obama's chief of staff in fact did talk to disgraced Governor Rod Blagojevich about who exactly should fill Obama's Senate seat.
The article opens with several paragraphs of tail covering - no doubt the reporter doesn't want to be put on ice with the Obama folks - before getting to the hard allegations which are:
UPDATE:
"Tapes have potential witnesses speaking out" from Chicago Sun-Times
Hot Air weighs in
"On the same block as PEBO, Blago plots his next move" from Political Punch
"Obama's 'My Pet Goat' Moment" by Steve Chapman
One source confirmed that communications between Emanuel and the Blagojevich administration were captured on court-approved wiretaps.
Another source said that contact between the Obama camp and the governor's administration regarding the Senate seat began the Saturday before the Nov. 4 election, when Emanuel made a call to the cell phone of Harris. The conversation took place around the same time press reports surfaced about Emanuel being approached about taking the high-level White House post should Obama win.
Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be "acceptable" to Obama, the source said. On the list were Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, state Comptroller Dan Hynes and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago, the source said. All are Democrats.Gateway Pundit weighs in
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