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People in glass houses, et cetera, etc. Charlie Rangel, John Murtha, Rod Blagojevich, Tom Daschle, Bill Richardson… and the latest, Roland Burris. And this after less than a month in charge of the government. Let us “hope” that all the self-righteous rhetoric spread like fertilizer over the campaign trail drifts back to pile up against the White [...] After a career in the Senate (sort of) short on accomplishments and long on searching for his next job, President Obama proceeded to leave behind increasing chaos in Illinois. When the news broke on Dec. 9 that Blagojevich was under arrest, accused of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat, the FBI counted six candidates in the [...] Please do not put newly-minted Senator Roland Burris on any financial committees. When asked by the Illinois state legislature in January how many contacts he had with then-Governor Rod Blagojivich or his minions about the Governor’s Senate appointment, he said he had only one conversation. Last week he said he had five, with one from the [...] Senate Democrat Caucus agrees to seat Burris so long as he meets “certain conditions”. Governor Blagojovich busts a gut laughing. Governor Balrog decides to sow a little discard in payback to the Dems for abandoning him. He chose an African-American to fill Obama’s seat: former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. The Democrat Senate Caucus had vowed not to seat anyone chosen by the governor, but now, by not doing so, they end up boycotting a [...] Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may be under indictment on Federal charges, have a serial potty mouth and, according to former US Attorney Chris Christie, be off his rocker, but the Dems in the state legislature must not think he’s all that bad. Yesterday they allowed him to retain his powers to appoint a replacement to P-E [...] The most highly touted potential GOP candidate for the NJ governor’s race next year is former (as of last week) Federal prosecutor Chris Christie. Christie is currently on the rounds of the cable talk shows, weighing in on government corruption. This should be good practice for a campaign here in 2009, since the corruption among [...] On November 23 (as recorded on a local Chicago TV outlet) David Axelrod, Obama’s closest advisor, told the interviewer that President-Elect (“P-E”) Obama had been speaking with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich about the possible replacement for the vacant Senate seat, that he had several suggestions but was generally happy with the pool of potential candidates. On [...] |
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