Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan just appeared on the Fox News Channel, and told the cable network that she is Candidate 2 cited in court documents as a possible replacement for Barack Obama in the US Senate. Madigan, daughter of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has never been close to the disgraced governor. All three are Chicago Democrats.
Rumored to be interested in a gubernatorial run in 2010, Madigan says she was never interested in the position, and even if she was, there was no chance that Blagojevich would have appointed her. Her father, who is chairman of the state Democratic Party, has openly feuded with Blagojevich for years.
The same can't be said for outgoing state Senate President Emil Jones, who, you guessed it, is a Chicago Democrat. Jones has been Blagojevich's closest ally in Springfield since Blago was inaugurated in 2003. The South Sider was a candidate (which number?) to replace Obama.
Emil Jones was Obama's mentor in the state Senate.
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Friends of Barack update: Emil Jones brags about his pork barrel prowess
About Obama's state legislature "accomplishments"
The con is on in Obama-land: Emil Jones' son takes dad's place on the ballot
Hillary delegate: Obama mentor called me an Uncle Tom
Obama's state legislative record--he got a lot of help
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5 comments:
Lets not forget Danny Davis. Gee
what # will they give him?
Maybe the numbers are for sale?
He'd much rather buy Obama's
vacated senate seat and he'd get
the # Free.
Imagine a conversation taking place in a tiny elevator between Emil ( ComEd) Jones and Danny ( Moon's Pie) Davis!
Subtitles, or Thesaurus?
The graduates of the Pundit's
Academy of Comedians have it!
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