Rod Blagojevich

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For a lot of reasons I never endorse candidates, but I'm backing Tom Geoghegan for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat in Chicago.
  • Blagojevich for president in 2012?

    The former Illinois governor is tanned, rested and ready
  • How to get rid of Roland Burris

    The Constitution contains enough wiggle room to allow Illinois to fire its embarrassing senator.
  • The week in Roland Burris

    Salon does its best to figure out the state of the fight between Senate Democrats and Rod Blagojevich's pick to join them.
  • Feds closing in on Blago, Murtha?

    Key figures in separate investigations relating to the men have agreed to plea deals
  • Burris offered check to Blago

    A secretly recorded conversation puts Sen. Roland Burris' political future in doubt
  • Only in America: Blago to star in reality show

    The former governor of Illinois, whose money problems are well-known, signs up for "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here."
  • Blagojevich indictment expected today

    U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald's office will reportedly make the official announcement about the former Illinois governor this afternoon.
  • Blago gets six-figure book deal

    The former governor of Illinois will reportedly write about the process of choosing someone to fill President Obama's old Senate seat.
  • Will the real Roland Burris please stand up?

    In a speech on Wednesday, the embattled senator proclaimed his innocence and blamed the media for his current predicament.
  • Democrat: Burris "in deep shit"

    If he can survive both a criminal and an ethics investigation, Illinois Sen. Roland Burris will likely face a primary challenge.
  • Blago faces his toughest interviewer yet

    Rod Blagojevich may have been removed from office just last week, but "Late Show" host David Letterman didn't show any mercy.
  • Blagojevich removed from office

    By a unanimous vote of the state senate, Rod Blagojevich is no longer the governor of Illinois.
  • Blagojevich surprises, delivers in closing argument

    Showing he's still got some political skill left, the governor of Illinois delivers a closing argument that might actually do him some good.
  • Blago's last stand

    Rod Blagojevich may not be governor of Illinois for long, but he will get one final chance to make his case; watch it here.
  • Get ready, cause here Blago comes

    The Illinois governor has decided he will speak at his impeachment trial after all.
  • Rod Blagojevich has only just begun to fight

    Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, coming off his whirlwind media tour from Monday, has 11 more interviews scheduled for Tuesday.
  • Geraldo chases down Blagojevich -- literally

    Frustrated when his interview with the embattled governor of Illinois was canceled, Fox News' Geraldo Rivera confronted Blagojevich in a parking lot.
  • Barnum and Blago

    As the Illinois Senate prepares to try him, and likely remove him from office, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's media circus rolls on.
  • Blago compares arrest to Pearl Harbor

    The Illinois governor needs to get out of the statehouse and into treatment.
  • Blago: impeachment because he "[fought] for families"

    In one of the stranger press conferences in recent memory, the Illinois governor defends himself, attacks his enemies and quotes Tennyson.
  • Blago speaks on impeachment

    The Illinois governor holds a press conference to discuss the news that the state House voted to impeach him.
  • Blagojevich isn't giving up yet

    The embattled Illinois governor releases a combative statement responding to the latest impeachment news.
  • Report: Blagojevich to name new Senator

    The embattled Illinois Governor will reportedly appoint former state Attorney General Roland Burris to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
  • Obama team's Blago report released

    An internal investigation into contacts with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says Barack Obama and his team didn't participate in any wrong-doing.
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