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Jackson: “I am not a target”
Alex Koppelman
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. speaks to the media about his status as "Senate Candidate 5" and denounces pay-for-play.
Report: Obama picks energy, environment team
Alex Koppelman
NBC says physicist Steven Chu will be secretary of Energy, Lisa Jackson will head the EPA and Carol Browner will be energy czar.
Glengarry Rod Blagojevich
Choire Sicha
If David Mamet didn't write the profane, wiretapped dialogue for the Illinois governor's attempt to sell Obama's Senate seat, he should have. A play in one act.
What do you want to ask Obama?
Alex Koppelman
The transition team unveils a new Web page that allows users to ask questions of the president-elect, and vote on which staffers should answer.
Obama: Blagojevich should resign
Alex Koppelman
Advisors to the president-elect say he thinks it's time for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to step down.
Report: Jesse Jackson Jr. is “Senate Candidate 5”
Alex Koppelman
The son of the civil rights leader may indeed be the candidate with an ally who discussed "pay-for-play;" he says he's "not a target of this investigation," though.
Now Joe the Plumber tells us?
Alex Koppelman
Apparently, the accidental celebrity of this year's election isn't really a big John McCain fan.
It wasn’t Rahm
Alex Koppelman
Contrary to earlier rumors, Rahm Emanuel apparently didn't make any moves leading to Rod Blagojevich's fall.
Rod Blagojevich’s bad hair day
Edward McClelland
The perfectly coiffed politician is under arrest, sunk by his own vanity. But what did you expect? He's an Illinois governor.
What do the Clintons have on Obama?
Camille Paglia
What experience does Hillary have to run State? Plus: Avoiding the Muslim issue on Mumbai, and anti-Proposition 8 activists threaten to set back gay rights.
A New York kind of holiday
Garrison Keillor
Christmas is all about pleasure, food, bright lights, high spirits, glittering trinkets, razzmatazz. It's pure Broadway.
Axelrod: Obama, Blagojevich didn’t discuss Senate seat
Alex Koppelman
A senior advisor to the president-elect says he was mistaken when he told a Chicago television station otherwise last month.
Obama: I had no contact with the governor about Senate seat
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect says he never spoke with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about his vacant post.
Fitzgerald: “A political corruption crime spree”
Mike Madden
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald lays out the case against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a Chicago news conference.
Rod Blagojevich has had better days
Alex Koppelman
The complaint against the Illinois governor is explosive, damning and far-reaching -- even his wife is caught up in it.
“I’ve got this thing and it’s f—ing golden”
Salon Staff
The federal complaint that details Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempt to trade Barack Obama's former Senate seat for personal gain.
Illinois Gov. Blagojevich arrested
Alex Koppelman
Federal authorities arrested Blagojevich, a Democrat, on Tuesday; among other things, they're investigating his process for selecting Barack Obama's replacement.
Obama’s single most important reform
Michael Lind
How the president-elect can get the money for the massive public works he proposes -- without raising taxes.
The born conspiracy
Mike Madden
Sanity was nowhere to be found at the press conference held by the alarmists who believe Obama is not a U.S. citizen.
The Jeremiah Wright ad McCain didn’t want you to see
Alex Koppelman
The McCain campaign had a spot attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor ready to go, but never pulled the trigger.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
Mark Penn explains that when he called Barack Obama "unelectable," he really meant Obama was a very strong candidate.
Gen. Hayden and the claimed irrelevance of presidential appointments
Glenn Greenwald
Since when did people start believing that high-level appointments and Cabinet secretaries were irrelevant?
Spend, Obama, spend! And save jobs
Joe Conason
The first thing Obama should do is use federal funds to keep public employees from joining the swelling ranks of the unemployed.
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