Harris testified that Blago eventually mused that he could swap it for campaign contributions, a cabinet appointment, or a foundation chairmanship.
Surprised? Illinois Democrats shouldn't be. One who knew better was Blago's almost-forgotten 2006 primary opponent, former Chicago alderman Edwin Eisendrath.
Here's what he wrote a month after Blago's arrest for attempting to sell that Senate seat:
In 2006 I challenged Rod Blagojevich in the Democratic primary for governor. I ran because Blagojevich sold out the public for piles of campaign cash.Hmmm...knocking primary challengers off a ballot for signature irregularities...where have I heard that before? Oh, Barack Obama did that when he ran for the Illinois state Senate, ensuring his election.
I said "no" to Blagojevich when it mattered.
A very savvy pol recently said to me, "Ed, if we only knew then what we know now." I replied that we did know it then. He laughed and admitted it was so. That's a far more grown up response than the "I-knew-it-was-bad-but not-this-bad” dodge that's in vogue.
They all knew. [Emphasis mine] The majority of the House impeachment report cited documents that were public before the election — the same documents I cited when arguing the governor should not be re-elected. Instead of standing with me at the time, the party leaders poured over my petitions to see if they could keep me off the ballot.
Yes, they all knew. Obama and all of the other Blago-enablers, they all knew.
Blago's former running mate, Governor Pat Quinn, still hasn't admitted the obvious to the voters. He refuses to apologize for this 2006 comment about Blagojevich:
He's always been a person who's honest and one of integrity...I have confidence the governor does the right thing all the time.There's an election in November.
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