Report: Emanuel privately urged Blago to appoint Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett

[wyldwolf]

In addition to the discussions, Emanuel submitted a list of names of candidates suitable to the Obama team to the governor's administration. Jarrett was not among those names because she had pulled herself out of the running at that point, a source with the Obama camp said.

Obama said Monday that an internal report detailing any staff contacts with the embattled governor or his aide would be made public next week.

Emanuel's discussions do not indicate he was involved in dealmaking with the governor.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1334979,CST-NWS-rahm17.article


:shrug:

Someone wake me up when this "case" is worth our time?

[yardwork]

1. OMG! A politician suggested a list of candidates to another politician!!!!

The humanity!!!

[Danieljay]

2. No wrongdoing there, as long as there weren't any favors involved. Geez, can't the media let this

go already?

[Kutjara]

3. We'll be hearing about this crap for the next eight years.

Remember how the 'pugs wouldn't let "Whitewater" die? Remember how they dug and dug for any scrap of scandal, every day of Clinton's Presidency? Well, they're going to do that again, only this time, they've had 16 years to refine their skills, take total control of the media, and plant their cronies deep in the Administration.

[wryter2000]

4. Good Lord

"Ya see, kid...this is how it's done in the nooze bizniss. You see that molehill over there? If you get shit faced and look at it just right, it might be a mountain. And if you can't prove it's a mountain, whatcher do is say 'Some say it might be a mountain.'"

[bdamomma]

5. the media will turn this story as some sinister plot taking place.

we should know how the media spins things and try to make Obama look bad, what total BS and we have full confessions of Cheney saying he approves of torture, and Bush saying "So What" there are the true criminals and no one is saying boo to them.

[Pirate Smile]

6. '"Blagojevich hates Valerie," the Democrat told me, saying the governor was eager at the time to

find someone else of stature to appoint.

Just an anecdote, but another suggestion of the distance between the factions of Chicago Democrats.'

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Blago_and_Jarrett.html?showall