Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress.
Blagojevich writes in "The Governor" that Emanuel spoke with him about whether it was possible to appoint a "placeholder" to the congressional seat Emanuel was giving up so that he could win back the seat in 2010 and continue his efforts to become speaker some day.
"As we have done for many months, we will continue to decline comment," Emanuel spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg said in an e-mail Monday.
Blagojevich also admits that he wanted something in exchange for appointing President Barack Obama's replacement in the Senate, but it wasn't the deal described in federal corruption charges against him.
3 comments:
Yes, our local news has come out with all kinds of interesting tell all tidbits from this book. I am sure the DOJ is loving this! NOT
The people who are going to buy this book are news people and other politicians who want to see if their name is in it.
Kitty speaking of news people, Carlos Hernandez Gomez recovering well, (the CapFax has been covering it)
But you are right that is who is buying the book, the rest of it can wait and check it out of the library or buy it second hand.
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