And You Thought It Was Just Blago? Guess Again

Charlie Savage in the New York Times, who apparently has suddenly found it’s investigative chops again, now that the danger of Democrats losing power in the recent election has passed….

WASHINGTON — An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to

I can’t help but wonder, in passing what the agreed upon price for the Senate seat finally was? How much money had to pass between them to get Blago to name Burris?

Before you start tuning up your defenses, saying

It would be an embarrassment for the Democratic party, which suddenly seems to know nothing but since November 4. But for Republicans, the possibility of Franken, Caroline, and Burris all making it into the Senate is like hitting the trifecta

Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician.

Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he’s at least six parts ego to one part performance, a charmless, presumptuous

Well, the question I asked a while ago, about who would want to be named to the Senate by Blago while he’s under criminal investigation, would seem to have been answered…

The answer is: ,former Illinois Atty General Roland Burris.

By way of  Glenn Reynolds I note an interesting article in the DC Examiner, today:

It appears that among the many celebrity victims of Wall Street fraudster Bernie Madoff is former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer resigned earlier

I am tired of the media droning about Mrs Schlossberg  wanting Mrs. Clinton’s seat.   Here is picture of the Mrs. Clinton’s seat as well as her ass.    As for the seat Mrs. Clinton is filling in the Senate, that remains

Jennifer Ruben seens concerned about the missing in action New York Senator Chuckles Schumer, Panjamas Media:

It is odd indeed that the usual camera-craven Schumer has not been out calling for a full investigation and explanation for how Madoff

Michelle Malkin has a post up you should see.

I’ve obtained documents sent to a reader in response to his FOIA request regarding the creation of Barack Obama’s Change.gov website. It gives you the rest of the story. You’ll recall

B D Sharp writes in the Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle:

In her first visit to Rochester, U.S. Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy met Wednesday with Mayor Robert Duffy and Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, asking questions about upstate but

It appears Ms. Kennedy thinks that US Senate seats are something to lobbied for amongst political elites when one decides one wants them, and that the public should be happy to simply fall in line. The fact that one has

Yet another story, from Tean Obama, Associated Press:

WASHINGTON – An internal review shows aides to President-elect Barack Obama had no “inappropriate discussions” with Illinois Gov. Rod

 or his staff concerning the search for a Senate replacement from Illinois,

McCain-Palin had Joe the Plumber.  Now Bitsblog debuts Mike the Electrical. Comments by, or about Mike as transcribed by yours truly:

• Politics in Chicago is morally bankrupt.
• Bring back “Cowboy Capitalism”
• Textile Industry never got a bailout.
• Small business never

So who is tougher, a veteran of the rough and tumble world of Chicago politics or a mother of five, and state governor, from Alaska?   Michelle reports that BO’s chief of staff:

Rahm Emanuel can’t stand the heat

Let’s demand that Obama follow Bush’ example and demand that his staff all cooperate fully with Fitz

Clarice Feldman, via Tom Maguire Just One Minute.