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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 09:59 PM Original message |
Senate choice #5 will probably come out sooner of later in Blago scandal |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who might this mystery person be? Any ideas? nt |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. nope. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Alan Keyes |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We need to list the possibilities..... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Who had the big bucks to pull this off? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Luis Gutierrez is said to be under investigation himself...... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Hmmm. I think before this is over I'm going to know way more than |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I don't know why everyone thinks its Emil Jones or JJJ. lol |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. So who is your best guess? nt |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Jesus, this is like a game of Clue! |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. It was Jesse Jackson Jr. with a knife in the living room. |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Jackson seems very unlikely to have the cash/fundraising ability to be #5 |
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tonycinla (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. JJ Jr.? |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep, I think |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. It sounds like he did everything but offer the seat on eBay |
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David Dunham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is whom Josh Marshall guessed no. 5 is. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That would suck. nt |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I'm still hoping that JJJ was wearing the wire tha finallyt brought it all down. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. i don't think anyone wearing a wire is what got him- they had his office bugged. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. My money's on Emil. nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That won't be good for President Obama.... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No matter who it is, it won't be good. Everyone who's been considered |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ... |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. melissa bean would be the best bet she's pretty much a republican |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Emil Jones, an Illinois state legislator, is "Senate Candidate 5." |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Do you have a link? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Yes. The Smoking Gun. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Who is Candidate 6? and why isn't he candidate 5? Just asking |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-10-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Senate Candidate 4 is a deputy governor of Illinois. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-10-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. I'm simply repeating what they reported, and do not vouch for its accuracy. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. That is no more worthy than our speculation on here |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That's kind of what I was figuring..... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Highly doubt it |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. It has to be Emil Jones |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Great for America and for Barack Obama! |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I think he's just plain nuts. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Jesse Jackson jr was having meetings and saying good things |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. He'd be low in Senate seniority as well, without a long political future ahead to build on. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. He means, Jesse Jackson Jr. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. yep |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I was talking about Jones. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Jones is as old as dirt. I can't see him going in as a Freshman |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Exactly. He'd rank like 100 in seniority in the senate, without a lot of time to build up a resume. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yep. Wouldn't make sense, with Jesse Jackson Jr. sitting right there.... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I think he thinks he can win a statewide race |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. But #5 has broken promises to Blago in the past, they weren't friends before this |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-09-08 11:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. JJJ then? |
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