Obama’s Intervention for Ethics Bill Indirectly Led to Case Against Governor

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Obama’s Intervention for Ethics Bill Indirectly Led to Case Against Governor

In a sequence of events that neatly captures the contradictions of Barack Obama’s rise through Illinois politics, a phone call he made three months ago to urge passage of a state ethics bill indirectly contributed to the downfall of a fellow Democrat he twice supported, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich.

Mr. Obama placed the call to his political mentor, Emil Jones Jr., president of the Illinois Senate. Mr. Jones was a critic of the legislation, which sought to curb the influence of money in politics, as was Mr. Blagojevich, who had vetoed it. But after the call from Mr. Obama, the Senate overrode the veto, prompting the governor to press state contractors for campaign contributions before the law’s restrictions could take effect on Jan. 1, prosecutors say.

Tipped off to Mr. Blagojevich’s efforts, federal agents obtained wiretaps for his phones and eventually overheard what they say was scheming by the governor to profit from his appointment of a successor to the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Obama. One official whose name has long been mentioned in Chicago political circles as a potential successor is Mr. Jones, a machine politician who was viewed as a roadblock to ethics reform but is friendly with Mr. Obama.

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[bklyncowgirl]

1. Blago makin' hay while the sun doth shine. What a moron.

This guy's running a going out of business sale fromt the Governor's office and he thought that the Federal Prosecutor, who's been on his tail since he took office, the guy who put his predecessor behind bars, wasn't going to notice.

Blago's not just a crook he's a dumb crook.

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2. It's like Tony Soprano dropped 30 IQ points

and became governor of Illinois.