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Another possible wild card in Blagojevich's long-awaited trial that begins on Thursday is whether it will entangle Obama and his aides in Illinois' hurly-burly political theater.
The trial, which is expected to last up to four months, may expose discrepancies in how members of Obama's future administration characterized its contacts with Blagojevich after the November 2008 election.
Do you think obama might try and invoke Executive Privilege?
Blagojevich trial will spotlight worst elements of state's political culture
Yessss...and isn't that the SAME culture obama has been immersed in for YEARS?
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For Democrats, the trial represents a long-feared day of reckoning after 18 months of a Blagojevich-fueled circus.
Blagojevich trial: Rahm Emanuel may testify :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/2349762,CST-NWS-rahm03.article - broken link)
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President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was subpoenaed by the defense to testify in Rod Blagojevich's upcoming trial, the White House acknowledged Wednesday.
Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett also was subpoenaed, according to the White House, which confirmed both subpoenas after the Chicago Sun-Times reported the news online Wednesday.
Those tapes have not been made public. This should be very amusing to watch.
I wonder if there is any chance of obama making this trial "go away".
It's a terrible time to be Barack Obama right now. Oil spills, unemployment, Iran, Sestakgate, Israel, midterm elections, Blago......anything you can name, none of itand I mean absolutely none of it - paints Barack Obama in a good light.
with all this stuff coming to light about the high jinks the WH has been doing trying to stack the deck with bribes and cover-ups, what is it difference that Blago did?
what a hoot
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