The Really: Feeling left out of the Chicago publicity over Blago’s attempts to buy things and shut down things, The Chicago Sun-Times has pretty much just resorted to repeating rumors. Someone who works for the Sun-Times actually wrote this (it makes blogs look good): BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times ColumnistSneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama’s chief [...]
The Really: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich calls his hairbrush “the football” according to the New York Times. And yet, Mr. Blagojevich, 52, rarely turns up for work at his official state office in Chicago, former employees say, is unapologetically late to almost everything, and can treat employees with disdain, cursing and erupting in fury for [...]
The Really: Another McCormick with a Tribune pedigree talks about the efforts of Governor Blago to silence his critics. Is there anything like a Chicago newspaperman? The target of the Blago effort to trap the Trib in its own troubles weighs in on the inside story.
The Really: Does Rezko’s delay in sentencing and a footnote in the Blago charges mean Rezko is singing? Last summer, convicted operator Antoin Rezko (fundraiser, real estate developer, Chicagoan) wrote to his judge noting that the FEDS were trying to get him implicate the Governor of Illinois and the President-elect in some sort of wrongdoing. [...]
The Really: Why Jarrett’s Quick Exit From Consideration For Senate Seat Will Be The Key To The Blago Mess. WSJ does some great reporting on the crux of the Blago/Obama mess and why a long phone call and a quick exit by Valerie Jarrett from consideration for the seat will be the defining moment. There [...]
The Really: How close will Blago’s problems come to hurting Obama? Us News and World Report asks the 7 questions even diehard Obama supporters (like us!) would like to have answered: “7 Blago Questions For Obama” this morning. They are: “1 ‘Did you communicate directly or indirectly with Blagojevich about picking your replacement in the [...]
The Really: The Governor of Illinois Rod R. Blagojevich is punishing the Bank of America by forcing Illinois state government to suspend doing business with BofA for failing to keep open the credit line of the Republic windows plant where workers are currently sitting in, in an effort to get their 60 day WARN dollars. [...]