It has not been a good week for more than one prominent Midwestern politician.
In addition to the early birthday present the FBI gave to Illinois’ Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that federal investigators “are looking into allegations More…
Following a meeting in Chicago about energy policy and climate change with former Vice President Al Gore and Vice President-elect Joe Biden, which was likely planned to be the big news story of the day, President-elect Barack Obama instead found himself talking about the shocking arrest of Illinois Gov. Rod More…
Actually, the direct quote is much more colorful. During a riveting news conference on the federal corruption charges being brought against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, FBI Special Agent Robert Grant described the state of Illinois politics thusly:
“If [Illinois] isn’t the
Politico does the heavy lifting in digging through the 78-page federal criminal complaint (PDF) against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, and man, there’s some good stuff in there.
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ embattled Democratic governor, was taken into federal custody this morning in Chicago, following a three-year corruption investigation.
Daphne Eviatar calls Eric Holder “a safe choice” for attorney general, and Matt DeLong writes that few would consider him “unqualified.” Well, let me play devil’s advocate and present a more critical view of his record — specifically, his tenure as the U.S. attorney for the District of More…
Move over “Bradley effect,” this was the year of a different polling phenomenon — the “Stevens effect.”
Down in the polls last week by 22 points, Alaska’s Sen. Ted Stevens now leads by 3,500 votes with 40,000 absentee ballots still to be counted.
In the final days of the Senate More…
Sen. Ted Stevens, who was found guilty Monday on seven felony charges related to his failure to disclose gifts from an oil services firm, told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that he has not been convicted of a crime.
The longtime senator, who is up for reelection Tuesday, has been More…
Sen. Barack Obama is calling on Ted Stevens, his convicted Senate colleague, to step down. The Obama campaign just released this statement from the Democratic presidential nominee:
Yesterday’s ruling wasn’t just a verdict on Sen. Stevens — but on the broken politics that has infected Washington for decades. It’s time
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was convicted Monday of all seven counts related to lying on his federal disclosure forms. The verdict threatens to topple the storied and controversial career of the longest serving Republican in Senate history.
Stevens issued a statement after the verdict vowing More…
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