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Obama Calls for Blagojevich to Step Down
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 10, 2008
TPM: The President-elect agrees with Lt. Governor Quinn and many others that under the current circumstances it is difficult for the Governor to effectively do ...
Categories: State Offices

No Quick Solution
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 10, 2008
The NY Times' round-up story on Blagojevich includes this paragraph about a bill to take appointment powers to the Senate away from the governor: Cindy ...
Categories: State Offices

If He Won't Quit...
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 10, 2008
If Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't quit and the legislature fails to impeach him, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan is threatening to take him ...
Categories: State Offices

The Most Corrupt States
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 10, 2008
Lots of news outlets take up FBI Agent Robert Grant's implicit challenge to figure out whether Illinois is the nation's most corrupt state. ...
Categories: State Offices
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The Blagojevich Front Pages
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 10, 2008
As a print journalist, I'm always looking for reasons to justify the existence of print journalism. One of the best, in my opinion, is ...
Categories: Polls , State Offices

Greenblatt Chats on Blagojevich
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 9, 2008
For those of you who can't get enough Rod Blagojevich, Ballot Box's own Alan Greenblatt conducted a live chat on washingtonpost.com about ...
Categories: State Offices

Fresh Start for Siegelman?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
Amidst today's Blagojevich hubbub, it's easy to overlook Don Siegelman's appellate hearing today. The former Alabama governor has already been released from ...
Categories: State Offices

Rahm: It Wasn't Me
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
Talking Points Memo cites a source "close to" Rahm Emanuel denying stories that Obama's chief of staff and outgoing Chicago congressman had ...
Categories: State Offices

Blagojevich's Arrest and the 2010 Illinois Governor's Race
Posted By: Josh Goodman | December 9, 2008
Even before today's events, the 2010 Illinois governor's race was already one of the most intriguing and uncertain in the country. That's still ...
Categories: State Offices

Change to Win's Statement
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | December 9, 2008
The union where Blagojevich wanted to work has put out a statement: "No one connected with Change to Win ever considered, discussed or promised ...
Categories: State Offices

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