I’d like to know why exactly the Obama team has been dead silent on this issue.

Even more importantly i’d like to know why Obama still maintains that he has had no contact with the Governor about his Senate replacement. If you believe that to be a true statement, how does it make sense that an Obama staff member tipped off the Feds ? After all, they have had no contact about the Senate seat !

So either Obama lies about having no contact with the Governor’s office - and when i say that i dont just mean only Obama’s conversations/phone calls with the Governor, but i also mean his entire staff or any major player connected to his transition team.

How plausible is this scenario ? Highly unlikely.

If indeed Obama’s staff member tipped off the Feds and still remains silent about it, there is only one reason - this staff member is still co-operating with the Feds.

And that staff member is most likely Emmanuel - even though he denies that he said anything to the Feds.

This investigation is far from over and the refusal of Obama to answer straightforward and fundamental questions about this issue should be troubling to any one who wants a transparent Government - unfortunately this is going to end up as being another partisan issue.

The question is does it count as tipping off someone if they already know?

The other day I asked a co-worker if they were going to see Movie X. They said that they were. So if it comes out 6 weeks from now that they shot 3 people while robbing a liquor store to get the money to go to the movie (it ain’t cheap to take a family of 5 out), stole a car, and drove there while drinking, does that make me a liar if I say I didn’t know of his plan? I mean, I did know of his plan to go to the movie, I just didn’t know about how he was going to get there.

However, they NEVER reported this to the Feds…

How are you so sure of this?

hmmm.. the Governor is angry with the President elect over “candidate A”. What could that be about ?

It is pretty obvious that Obama approached Blago about Valerie Jarret - and i have no problems with that per se.

But it is laughable to say that he had no “contact” with the Governor - no one is talking just about him - we are talking about Obama’s staff and transition team as well - they were very much in “contact” with Blago - after hearing his request for a bribe/political favor/appointment as HHS for him and a plum post for his wife, they obviously balked.

However, they NEVER reported this to the Feds - and that is what is really appalling - they never alerted the Feds that Blagojevich was trying to sell the Senate seat. That is unethical to put it mildly.

The full facts of this sordid mess are yet to come out - but when they do, there is going to be more controversy for Obama. With his nonsensical denial of having had no contact with Blago about his replacement for the Senate Seat when every one knew that he favored Valerie Jarret, Obama himself has guaranteed that he either lies or… drum roll please… misspeaks

“Obama said he had ‘no contact’ with the governor. That statement was obviously limited to this singular issue of corruption”
Bwahahaha…. no contacts but he had conversations with Blagojevich huh ? the “contact” that he is talking about is after the elections were over. His meeting with Blagojevich has been reported

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83240

David Axelrod also apoke about Obama discussing his Senate replacement with Rod on Nov 23 . he later backtracked saying he .. ahem.. misspoke

From your logic, Obama NEVER had any conversation with Blagojevich about appointing Valerie Jarret or about the fact that he would “appreciate” if Blago did so. Did you even how Blago reacted to this “appreciation” offer ? lets just say he used a few profane words.

You dont have knowledge of the fundamental facts of the case and you think you already know everything that there is to know about me !

Levi,your man Obama comes from the shithole that is Chicago politics.. you have NO CLUE about how things work in the Chicago way - otherwise you’d realize that Blago was acting very normally.

You also think that Obama never had “contacts” with Blago about his preferred replacement Valerie Jarret… this is naivete’ that no one can pull you out of.

You also sidestepped by question about how Obama never reported Blago’s call for a bribe/political favor to the Feds. How could you ? Your man had no “contact” !!!

how many more people have drunk the koolaid?

As an outsider to IL, it’s hard to keep up with all of the different players in this scandal and how they are all interconnected, but I’ll come to your site to find out what’s happening from a true Chicago politics expert! Thank you

Everything I need to know about you I can learn from this paragraph. It’s hardly even 48 hours and you’re already mangling the quote. How could you reasonably believe that Obama, a former state senator, U.S. Senator, and now President, NEVER had a conversation with the governor of the state he’s been representing for the past 8 years?

Obama said he had ‘no contact’ with the governor. That statement was obviously limited to this singular issue of corruption. Of course Obama’s had conversations with Blagojevich, there are photographs of them together. You’re just totally making stuff up if you think Obama said he’s never had a conversation with the guy. Maybe you should think about this stuff some more before you start posting about it?

The fact that Fitzgerald leaked the wiretaps just as Obama’s people were becoming more involved is rather puzzling.

Additionally, do Republicans still erupt in a blind fury when someone accuses George Bush of lying about the Iraq war?

It’s sort of transitioned from blind fury to total indifference. Which is interesting because it’s exponentially more horrible than the monumental corruption of Governor Blagojevich.