December 26th 2008
All-Star Cast For Blago Hearings
We’re told today by a somewhat dubious USA Today survey that Barack Obama is more than six times more popular by George Bush. I wonder how long that will last as Obama’s closest friends become popular with Ed Genson, attorney for Rod Blagojevich:
An attorney for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff.
Ed Genson wants the committee to subpoena Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), longtime Obama friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett, and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), said state Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie. …
Genson told the Chicago Sun-Times that testimony from Emanuel, Jarrett and Jackson would help prove the governor’s claim that he did nothing wrong in his handling of Obama’s Senate seat, the newspaper said Thursday.
Genson may not succeed in this request; Rep. Currie doesn’t have to allow it, but with all eyes on Springfield (and Chicago’s south side), can she really deny a full investigation? And as we see a parade of sleezeballs who are long-time Obama associates, will he see his popularity crest just as he takes the oath of office?
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