Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Blagogate: A guide to "Candidate 1", "Candidate 2" etc

If you read the details of the Rod Blagojevich charges, you'll find "Candidate 1" and "Candidate 4" etc mentioned. For example, the FBI document reads:

ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to "suck it up" for two years and do nothing and give this "motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put "[Senate Candidate 4]" in the Senate "before I just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don't get anything."

The American Prospect helps us out here with some guestimates as to the identities of the candidates:

Candidate 1 - Valerie Jarret, an Obama adviser
Candidate 2 - Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
Candidate 3 - ???
Candidate 4 - Could be any one of the Deputy Governors who are Dean Martinez, Bob Greenlee and Louanner Peters.
Candidate 5 - Jesse Jackson Jr
Candidate 6 - A "wealthy person from Illinois"

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