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Blagojevich. Today's Chicago Trib contains the latest, including part of the shortlist of Obama-approved candidates for his own Senate seat:Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Tribune has learned.Much like a recent report from a local Fox station, this story is simply confirmation of things that were already presumed to be true. President-Elect Obama has said that he did not speak with Blagojevich himself about the vacancy, and that no-one on his staff was involved in any dealmaking. This revelation is entirely consistent with those statements.
...Emanuel delivered a list of candidates who would be "acceptable" to Obama, the source said. On the list were Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Illinois Veterans Affairs director Tammy Duckworth, state Comptroller Dan Hynes and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Chicago, the source said. All are Democrats.
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