Did Rahmbo bring down Blago?

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 14:20 EST

Think Progress notes that at least one Chicago reporter thinks that future White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have had something to do with the arrest of his fellow Democrat, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. And no, not because he's been caught up in the investigation, but because he may have gone to the feds and told them about the governor's alleged attempts to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat.

The reporter, Jack Conaty, said Tuesday:

We did receive a tip this morning that perhaps all of this came together so quickly because the Governor may have reached out to Rahm Emanuel, the president-elect's chief of staff, in attempting to leverage filling the Senate seat. And it may have been Rahm Emanuel who tipped the scale and made this move as quickly as it did.





http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/09/rahm_blago/index.html


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Governor Schwarzenegger Gives Palin His Full Approval

Gov. Arnold loves Sarah Palin, warns against counting John McCain out early

We're a little late with this one, but whenever Gov. Arnold speaks, The Ticket listens. Eventually.

The other day California's top official -- well, not counting Ron Burkle -- did an onstage interview for an audience of magazine executives gathered in San Francisco.

Turns out, the gov is a huge fan of fellow Republican Gov. Sarah Palin. "I think that she would be a great vice president," said Schwarzenegger, shown here during recent budget negotiations with legislators.

When he saw Palin after her VP nomination in St. Paul, Schwarzenegger said he said, "That's what's wrong with the Constitution," which forbids him, being foreign-born, from becoming president. "Miss Alaska is beating Mr. Universe."

The California chief executive reported that the Alaska chief executive didn't think the joke was that funny.

But Schwarzenegger did warn his audience of out-of-towners against accepting in advance a loss on Nov. 4 by Sen. John McCain. "People," the gov said, "always count him out at the wrong time."

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