Blagogate Links

How many Dems are sleeping restlessly in Chicago, these nights? What sort of damning info does “Hot Rod” have to trade for a lighter sentence? This story has just begun, says Jack Kelly in The Toledo Blade.

In The Chicago Trib, today: Looks like Raum Emanuel did speak with the IL Governor’s office about possible picks for Obama’s Senate seat: Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be “acceptable” to Obama, which in itself is not incriminating, but why did they feel the need to lie about the contact?  Moreover, Emanuel, the “president-elect adviser”  was in contact with Blago and others about the special election for his own House seat, which involved helping the Guv land “a new job at a non-profit organization”. (The SEIU).

More about the conversations at Hot Air; “What did they know, and when did they know it?:

Barack Obama and his team chose not to give that honest and common-sense explanation.  Instead, they issued categorical denials that Obama and his staff had contacted Blagojevich or his staff about the succession.  It’s a mystifying claim, and one that will apparently get proven false fairly easily.  Now, instead of just saying that contact existed but that no one had tried making deals, they have thrown away their credibility on a very foolish point — which will lead to the conclusion that Team Obama has something very significant to hide.

Emanuel may need to pack his bags, but Washington DC may not be where he’s headed…

The AP: Blagojevich began the day praying with several ministers in his home before heading to his office, telling them he is innocent and will be vindicated “when you hear each chapter completely written,” according to one of the pastors.

KJL: “Finally, a political scandal you can talk to your children about.. No room at the Mayflower. No MySpace page. No gay-American announcement. Just good and evil and money and power corrupting.”

I’m so glad the Lightworker was elected to “clean up Washington”.

Hat tip: Lucianne